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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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Let's Have Jefferson County Adopt a Resolution Calling for a Factory Farm Moratorium

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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Put Moratorium on CAFOs: JFAN Letter to the Editor in Fairfield Ledger

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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“Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium”

Keynote Bill Stowe at the 2016 JFAN Annual Meeting

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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April 3 - Dr. Chris Jones on the Factory Farming/Water Pollution Connection

Let's Have Jefferson County Adopt a Resolution Calling for a Factory Farm Moratorium

Put Moratorium on CAFOs: JFAN Letter to the Editor in Fairfield Ledger

“Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium” Keynote Bill Stowe at the 2016 JFAN Annual Meeting

Coalition Notifies Iowa Factory Farm of Intent to File Clean Water Act Lawsuit over Repeated Manure

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