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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Today, Kimbirauskas is the Senior Director of Agriculture and Food Systems at the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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Circuit Court Rejects Attempt by WMC and CAFO Groups to Eliminate Environmental Oversight of Wisconsin’s Largest Livestock Operations

Wisconsin Farmers Union

The lawsuit ,, was filed in May 2023 against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce on behalf of Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Venture Dairy Cooperative, lobbying groups that represent the interests of large livestock facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Today, Kimbirauskas is the Senior Director of Agriculture and Food Systems at the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

Meg Wilcox You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company By Maisie Ganzler Many, many years ago, I spent a long time covering the world of sustainable business practices. Additionally, they say, children must have a voice in policymaking.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

The Equation

Runoff from these applications, as well as from soil erosion and livestock manure, is the leading cause of river and stream pollution, the second leading cause of wetland pollution, and the third leading cause of lake pollution. That makes the fertilizer industry a double threat to the climate.