Factory Farm Foes Fed up with Conditions at Huge Swine Operations. Andrew Martin.
by Martin, Andrew; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 52Environment. Publisher: Chicago Tribune, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Air pollution | Concentrated animal feeding operations | Farm manure | Livestock factories | Odors | Swine industry -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "John Ryan's announcement that he planned to buy his aunt's farm and build a grain storage bin was welcome news in this tiny burg [Walton, Ill.] that contains little more than a grain elevator, a church and the Walton Tap. But instead of building the bin, Ryan immediately sold his land to out-of-town investors, who in turn erected a farm called Precision Pork that will contain up to 5,000 hogs in two long metal barns atop gaping, concrete manure pits. The way Illinois law is written, neighbors had no real say in whether the facility would be approved. So they sued, an increasingly popular--and increasingly successful--choice in the raging battle over factory-style farms that is playing out across rural America." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article discusses the growing number of grass-roots groups that are turning "to the courts in an attempt to shut down industrial-style concentrated animal feeding operations...or to keep them from being built."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Factory Farm Foes Fed up with Conditions at Huge Swine Operations, March 29, 2004; pp. n.p..
"John Ryan's announcement that he planned to buy his aunt's farm and build a grain storage bin was welcome news in this tiny burg [Walton, Ill.] that contains little more than a grain elevator, a church and the Walton Tap. But instead of building the bin, Ryan immediately sold his land to out-of-town investors, who in turn erected a farm called Precision Pork that will contain up to 5,000 hogs in two long metal barns atop gaping, concrete manure pits. The way Illinois law is written, neighbors had no real say in whether the facility would be approved. So they sued, an increasingly popular--and increasingly successful--choice in the raging battle over factory-style farms that is playing out across rural America." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article discusses the growing number of grass-roots groups that are turning "to the courts in an attempt to shut down industrial-style concentrated animal feeding operations...or to keep them from being built."
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