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New JFAN Ad Series Focuses on the Real Cost of Cheap Factory Farmed Meat
Most meat, dairy and egg products purchased in supermarkets are produced in factory farms. These products are lauded as a cheap,...
Diane Rosenberg
Dec 20, 20161 min read


New Alliance Calls for Statewide Moratorium on New and Expanding Factory Farms
Iowans are already calling for an end to new factory farms in their communities. Eight counties rejected factory farm permits in recent mont
Diane Rosenberg
Sep 16, 20164 min read


“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
Diane Rosenberg
Sep 10, 20163 min read
Pork Producers Received Special Treatment
Joint Letter to the Editor from JFAN and the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project appearing in the May 26, 2016 Fairfield Ledger The...
Diane Rosenberg
May 26, 20162 min read
Lawsuits Take Their Toll on CAFO Owners
JFAN letter to the editor published in the March 31, 2016 edition of The Fairfield Ledger. This letter will also appear as a paid ad in...
Diane Rosenberg
Mar 31, 20162 min read
Urge the DNR to Strengthen Factory Farm Laws
Public Comment Period Open on DNR Rule Review - Comments Accepted until June 3 ** Southeast Iowa Public Hearing Info ** Tuesday, May 31...
Diane Rosenberg
Mar 24, 20162 min read
Report on Organic Chicken House in County
The following letter to the editor was published in the January 7, 2016 edition of the Fairfield Ledger. A certified organic farmer in...
Diane Rosenberg
Jan 7, 20167 min read
In Response to Burlington Hawkeye Article
In the October 11, 2015 edition of the Burlington Hawkeye, business editor Rex Troute published a column, "Tired of the Tears Over Big...
Diane Rosenberg
Oct 11, 20153 min read


2015 JFAN Annual Meeting! More CAFOs Are Coming – What YOU Can Do
What EVERYONE can do to fight back against unwanted CAFOs. Whether you’re a rural resident facing a current threat, a rural resident wanting
Diane Rosenberg
Aug 20, 20152 min read
Supervisors Approve Hill View Master Matrix
Over these last several weeks, JFAN conducted a complete and detailed analysis of the Master Matrix. Ultimately, we found six questions that
Diane Rosenberg
May 19, 20153 min read
May 18, 2015 Hill View LLC Master Matrix Public Hearing
Hill View is doubling in size to 3600 hogs. CAFOs of this size have a big impact on communities whether people speak out or not. It is respe
Diane Rosenberg
May 18, 20152 min read
CAFOs Are Not “Farms”
Not long ago in Jefferson County, hogs grazed on pastures. A-frame farrowing huts dotted the countryside. Many small farms flourished,...
Diane Rosenberg
May 7, 20153 min read
Stand Up for Local Control of CAFOs
JFAN Letter to the Editor Published in the April 2, 2015 Fairfield Ledger When a CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation)...
Diane Rosenberg
Apr 2, 20152 min read
JFAN President Jim Rubis Retiring; David E. Sykes Appointed New JFAN President
Founding Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. (JFAN) board member and president Jim Rubis announced his retirement from the JFAN...
Diane Rosenberg
Oct 1, 20143 min read


It’s Time to Change “Business as Usual” – Food & Water Watch’s Wenonah Hauter at JFAN Annual M
Hauter will explain how a handful of powerful agribusiness corporations have profoundly influenced the political system, lobbying for US agr
Diane Rosenberg
Sep 2, 20142 min read
What’s Going On in Southeast Iowa? Fairfield Weekly Reader
Throughout Southeast Iowa, hog production is ramping up. Favorable market conditions are driving expansion throughout Iowa, and Southeast...
Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
Aug 7, 20143 min read
Iowa production doesn’t honor independent farmers
To the Editor: In her May 29 letter, Tracy Diehl speaks highly of Jefferson County’s farmers, particularly century farm families. Long...
Diane Rosenberg
Jun 19, 20142 min read
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
Diane Rosenberg
Nov 22, 20134 min read
New Eco-resort Unhappy with Hog Confinement
Letter to the Editor Appearing in the November 21, 2013 Fairfield Ledger To the editor: With tremendous concern my neighbors and I...
Diane Rosenberg
Nov 21, 20132 min read
Spreading Hog Waste Is Health Risk
To the editor: Runoff from a field application of liquid hog manure has again fouled Iowa streams, this time a tributary to Walnut...
Diane Rosenberg
Nov 14, 20132 min read
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