Diane RosenbergMay 45 minThe 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...
Diane RosenbergMar 215 minIowa: The Land of 751 Polluted WaterwaysJFAN's in-depth analysis of the 2022 DNR Impaired Waters list.
Diane RosenbergMar 31, 20192 minApril 3 - Dr. Chris Jones on the Factory Farming/Water Pollution ConnectionOur Water At Risk Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 pm Fairfield Public Library Free - donations welcome Iowa has some of the dirtiest waters in...
Diane RosenbergApr 1, 20172 minLet's Have Jefferson County Adopt a Resolution Calling for a Factory Farm MoratoriumSince November, seven Iowa counties have either passed resolutions or written letters to the state legislature calling for a factory farm...
Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive DirectorMar 30, 20172 minPut Moratorium on CAFOs: JFAN Letter to the Editor in Fairfield LedgerWebster, Allamakee, Winneshiek, Pocahontas, Dickinson and Buchanan*: What do these six counties have in common? Their recent call for a...
Diane RosenbergSep 10, 20163 min“Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium” Keynote Bill Stowe at the 2016 JFAN Annual MeetingIowa has over 9,000 factory farms confining the vast majority of 20 million Iowa hogs and a record 754 water impairments, and those numbers
Diane RosenbergNov 23, 20134 minCoalition 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
Diane RosenbergAug 1, 20071 minArea ViolationsRunoff Fouls Stream after Field Application Manure runoff polluted an unnamed tributary of Stump Creek near Batavia in May according to a...