UPDATE - The DNR Is Moving Forward with Executive Order Number Ten Revision of CAFO Regulations
JFAN and Other Groups Met with the DNR to Understand What Lays Ahead by Diane Rosenberg | Executive Director The DNR is now continuing...
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Diane Rosenberg
- May 5
- 2 min
Dr. Chris Jones in Fairfield May 16 for "The Swine Republic" Book Launch at Fairfield Public Library
Dr. Chris Jones launches his refreshingly honest book, "The Swine Republic", during a May 17 book signing at the Fairfield Public Library.
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Diane Rosenberg
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
ACTION ALERT - Tell the DNR to Do Its Job and Protect Iowa's Water Quality! Deadline Extended
DEADLINE EXTENDED - Tell the DNR you want them to strengthen CAFO regulations, not weaken them during their five year rules review.
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Diane Rosenberg
- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
ACTION ALERT – Let the DNR Know How to Improve CAFO Rules
Iowans have an opportunity to recommend changes to the rules that govern how CAFOs are regulated. The Iowa Department of Natural...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Aug 15, 2022
- 4 min
Troubled Waters: Can Iowa Fix Its Water Quality Crisis?
Dr. Chris Jones takes a deep look at Iowa's poor water quality during the Southeast Iowa Sierra Club's meeting, "Iowa's Troubled Waters."
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Diane Rosenberg
- May 4, 2022
- 5 min
The Clean Water Act Just Turned 50. How Is It Doing?
by Diane Rosenberg, JFAN Executive Director Fifty years ago it became crystal clear that American’s waterways were in dire straits. Fires...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Mar 21, 2022
- 5 min
Iowa: The Land of 751 Polluted Waterways
JFAN's in-depth analysis of the 2022 DNR Impaired Waters list.
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Diane Rosenberg
- Mar 31, 2019
- 2 min
April 3 - Dr. Chris Jones on the Factory Farming/Water Pollution Connection
Our Water At Risk Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 pm Fairfield Public Library Free - donations welcome Iowa has some of the dirtiest waters in...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Apr 1, 2017
- 2 min
Let's Have Jefferson County Adopt a Resolution Calling for a Factory Farm Moratorium
Since November, seven Iowa counties have either passed resolutions or written letters to the state legislature calling for a factory farm...
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Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
Put Moratorium on CAFOs: JFAN Letter to the Editor in Fairfield Ledger
Webster, Allamakee, Winneshiek, Pocahontas, Dickinson and Buchanan*: What do these six counties have in common? Their recent call for a...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Sep 10, 2016
- 3 min
“Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium” Keynote Bill Stowe at the 2016 JFAN Annual Meeting
Iowa has over 9,000 factory farms confining the vast majority of 20 million Iowa hogs and a record 754 water impairments, and those numbers
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Diane Rosenberg
- Nov 23, 2013
- 4 min
Coalition Notifies Iowa Factory Farm of Intent to File Clean Water Act Lawsuit over Repeated Manure
The sow facility, located in Van Buren County, Iowa near the Des Moines River, is one of the largest factory farms in Iowa, and annually pro
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Diane Rosenberg
- Aug 1, 2007
- 1 min
Area Violations
Runoff Fouls Stream after Field Application Manure runoff polluted an unnamed tributary of Stump Creek near Batavia in May according to a...
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