The Interests of the 99% Matter
JFAN Letter to the Editor in the August 3, 2022 Southeast Iowa Union Every year since 2017, a factory farm moratorium bill has been...
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- 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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- 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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- Sep 7, 2018
- 2 min
New JFAN LTE: JFAN Promotes Alternatives to CAFOs
Published in the September 6 Fairfield Ledger. Given some recent public discussion and a letter to the editor about Jefferson County...
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- 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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- 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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- Jul 28, 2017
- 2 min
LTE: Why No CAFO Moratorium on Supervisor Agenda?
The Fairfield Ledger’s July 13 article covered JFAN’s request to Jefferson County supervisors to formally consider a moratorium...
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- 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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- 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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- May 27, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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- Apr 1, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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- Jan 8, 2016
- 7 min
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...
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- May 8, 2015
- 3 min
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,...
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- Apr 3, 2015
- 2 min
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)...
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- Aug 8, 2014
- 3 min
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...
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- Nov 22, 2013
- 2 min
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...
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- Nov 15, 2013
- 2 min
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...
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- Oct 14, 2013
- 3 min
JFAN Response to Proposed Confinement
Published in the October 10, 2013 issue of the Fairfield Ledger This guest editorial was written in response to a letter submitted by...
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- May 17, 2013
- 2 min
JFAN's Letter to the Editor published in the May 16, 2013 Fairfield Ledger
To the Editor: Batavia and Eldon area residents have repeatedly asked the Adam family to not build Valley View Swine because of harmful...
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