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    What a Road Trip in Jefferson County Reveals
    Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
    • Jul 23, 2019
    • 3 min

    What a Road Trip in Jefferson County Reveals

    A century ago numerous small towns thrived in Jefferson County with names like Perlee, Absecum, Krum, and Veo. Many were on now defunct...
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • Jul 9, 2009
    • 2 min

    CAFOs Breed More Than Hogs

    There has been much speculation that Swine Flu, renamed Influenza A (H1N1), is linked to a Smithfield Foods CAFO operating in Perote,...
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • May 9, 2009
    • 2 min

    A Scent of Change in the Air?

    This week HBO is showing “Death on a Factory Farm”, a documentary that takes a hard look at the inhumane living conditions for industrial...
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • May 29, 2008
    • 3 min

    Livestock Industry Needs Sweeping Changes Says Two Reports

    Two new studies have called for massive reforms to the country’s livestock industry. The Pew Commission report on Industrial Farm Animal...
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • Apr 24, 2008
    • 1 min

    Open Manure Piles Could Threaten Iowa

    Open stockpiles of dry manure may become legal for all new CAFOs if Iowa hog, beef and poultry producers have their way. A proposal to...
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • Mar 27, 2008
    • 2 min

    Hogtied at the State House

    Rooting Around from the Fairfield Weekly Reader A review of the small number of CAFO-related bills before this year’s State Assembly...
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • Jan 25, 2008
    • 2 min

    Do We Really Need an Odor Control Study?

    Rooting Around from the Fairfield Weekly Reader Do we in Iowa want to spend $22.7 million and take five years to study how to reduce...
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • Dec 7, 2007
    • 3 min

    ROOTING AROUND from THE FAIRFIELD WEEKLY READER

    Welcome to our new monthly column where we’ll keep you abreast of our continuing efforts to control the growth of factory farms in our...
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