About JFAN
JFAN is a nonprofit community organization composed of rural and town residents, and traditional family farmers. Our common concern is to stop the growth of CAFO Factories in Jefferson County and Protect our Quality of Life.
JFAN provides the following services in Jefferson County:
1. We provide educational information about CAFOs and news related to factory farming.
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To date, we have published two booklets: How to Protect Your Family and Home From Factory Farms and Secondary Liability: Could You Be Implicated in a CAFO Lawsuit.
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We publish an informative newsletter (LINK) twice a year with relevant articles about CAFOs, legislation, and news briefs.
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We also contribute a quarterly column to the Fairfield Weekly Reader: Rooting Around: News from Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors (LINK) with updates on our activities and news related to factory farming.
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We offer this expanded and updated website full of information on the factory farming issue. Our website is now maintained on a regular basis to keep you current on all the issues.
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We send educational emails on an as-needed basis to our mailing list (LINK) with information on CAFO related legislation, updates on CAFO activities, articles of interest, and JFAN activities.
2. Community Educational Meetings designed to inform each resident about the risks associated with CAFO Factories and the latest on CAFO activities in Jefferson County.
3. A Community Financial Assistance Fund – funded by residents like you and me - to help local residents and local farmers protect their legal rights. Please help by making a contribution and by volunteering!
Our community is facing a very serious threat from CAFO's , and we need to Act Now before it is too late! It is vitally important that we all learn why this threat is huge and imminent and what we can do together to protect our personal reasons for living here.
"JFAN is a grassroots organization whose role is to promote and protect the quality of life in Jefferson County, through education and financial assistance grants. JFAN strongly supports traditional sustainable agriculture and traditional family farms - including livestock production. JFAN – Farms not Factories!"