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    Huber CAFO: Where Are We Now? Where Do We Go From Here?
    Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
    • Sep 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    Huber CAFO: Where Are We Now? Where Do We Go From Here?

    JFAN provided an update on the Daniels Site with the following article published in the September 28 Fairfield Weekly Reader. The DNR...
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    JFAN LTE: Officials Ignore Environmental, Health Concerns on CAFOs
    Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
    • Sep 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    JFAN LTE: Officials Ignore Environmental, Health Concerns on CAFOs

    JFAN published the following Letter to the Editor in the September 28, 2018 Fairfield Ledger commenting on the Jefferson County...
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    What Took Place During Tuesday Night’s Public Hearing on RWP, LLC
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Aug 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    What Took Place During Tuesday Night’s Public Hearing on RWP, LLC

    Action Steps Recommended! The Jefferson County Courtroom was packed last night when between 125-150 people attended the Public Hearing...
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    Report from Monday’s Master Matrix Scoring Session for RWP, LLC
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Aug 28, 2018
    • 6 min

    Report from Monday’s Master Matrix Scoring Session for RWP, LLC

    PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 28 • 6:00 PM Jefferson County Courthouse Today the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors held the initial scoring...
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    Important Public Hearing 6:00 pm TUESDAY on NEW CAFO Threatening Jefferson County
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Aug 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Important Public Hearing 6:00 pm TUESDAY on NEW CAFO Threatening Jefferson County

    RWP, LLC PUBLIC HEARING – Tuesday, August 28 at 6:00 pm (corrected time) Jefferson County Courthouse, 51 W. Briggs, Fairfield Mark...
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    JFAN LTE: What Our Supervisors CAN Do
    Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
    • Aug 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    JFAN LTE: What Our Supervisors CAN Do

    The following letter appeared in the August 23 edition of the Fairfield Weekly Reader. To the editor: Last week, the Jefferson County...
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    JFAN Publishes LTE on Daniels Site
    Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
    • Aug 17, 2018
    • 3 min

    JFAN Publishes LTE on Daniels Site

    The following letter appeared in the August 16, 2018 edition the Fairfield Ledger. Concerned about the Daniels Site and the introduction...
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    Jefferson County Supervisors Pass Large Hog Confinement Master Matrix without a Public Hearing
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Aug 14, 2018
    • 6 min

    Jefferson County Supervisors Pass Large Hog Confinement Master Matrix without a Public Hearing

    CAFO Will Be the Largest Factory Farm in the County – ACTION STEPS BELOW! ​​On Monday afternoon, August 13, the Jefferson County...
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    Supervisors Deny JFAN’s Request to Address Resolution at Board Meeting
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Jul 10, 2017
    • 5 min

    Supervisors Deny JFAN’s Request to Address Resolution at Board Meeting

    On Monday, July 10, JFAN presented a petition signed by 1328 county residents calling for a CAFO “moratorium resolution” to Supervisors...
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    What Took Place at the June 26 Jefferson County Supervisors Meeting
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Jun 26, 2017
    • 4 min

    What Took Place at the June 26 Jefferson County Supervisors Meeting

    On Monday, June 26, JFAN attended the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting expecting our supervisors would discuss whether to...
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    LTE: Supervisors Represent Everyone in County
    Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
    • Jun 22, 2017
    • 2 min

    LTE: Supervisors Represent Everyone in County

    At a supervisors meeting several weeks ago, Jefferson County residents asked Supervisors Dick Reed, Dee Sandquist and Lee Dimmitt to...
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    New JFAN Ad: Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium
    Diane Rosenberg
    • May 1, 2017
    • 1 min

    New JFAN Ad: Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium

    ​​JFAN's newest ad that appeared in the April 28 Fairfield Ledger and May 2 Fairfield Town Crier calling for a Jefferson County...
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