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Report from Monday’s Master Matrix Scoring Session for RWP, LLC
PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 28 • 6:00 PM Jefferson County Courthouse Today the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors held the initial scoring...
Diane Rosenberg
Aug 28, 20186 min read
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Important Public Hearing 6:00 pm TUESDAY on NEW CAFO Threatening Jefferson County
RWP, LLC PUBLIC HEARING – Tuesday, August 28 at 6:00 pm (corrected time) Jefferson County Courthouse, 51 W. Briggs, Fairfield Mark...
Diane Rosenberg
Aug 25, 20182 min read
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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...
Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
Aug 24, 20182 min read
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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...
Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
Aug 17, 20183 min read
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Jefferson County Supervisors Pass Large Hog Confinement Master Matrix without a Public Hearing
CAFO Will Be the Largest Factory Farm in the County – ACTION STEPS BELOW! On Monday afternoon, August 13, the Jefferson County...
Diane Rosenberg
Aug 14, 20186 min read
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Award-Winning Syndicated Columnist Alan Guebert on Breaking Free of Corporate Ag – JFAN Annual Meeti
Breaking the Grip of Corporate Agriculture on Rural Iowa THURSDAY, October 19, 2017 at 7:15 pm Fairfield Arts & Convention Center,...
Diane Rosenberg
Sep 22, 20172 min read
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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...
Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
Jul 28, 20172 min read
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Supervisors Deny JFAN’s Request to Address Resolution at Board Meeting
On Monday, July 10, JFAN presented a petition signed by 1328 county residents calling for a CAFO “moratorium resolution” to Supervisors...
Diane Rosenberg
Jul 10, 20175 min read
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What Took Place at the June 26 Jefferson County Supervisors Meeting
On Monday, June 26, JFAN attended the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting expecting our supervisors would discuss whether to...
Diane Rosenberg
Jun 26, 20174 min read
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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...
Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
Jun 22, 20172 min read
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New JFAN Ad: Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium
JFAN's newest ad that appeared in the April 28 Fairfield Ledger and May 2 Fairfield Town Crier calling for a Jefferson County...
Diane Rosenberg
May 1, 20171 min read
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Let's Have Jefferson County Adopt a Resolution Calling for a Factory Farm Moratorium
Since November, seven Iowa counties have either passed resolutions or written letters to the state legislature calling for a factory farm...
Diane Rosenberg
Apr 1, 20172 min read
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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...
Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
Mar 30, 20172 min read
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JFAN Updates and Republishes Ad on Regenerative Farming
To underscore its support of regenerative farming, JFAN updated and republished its ad, "All Farming Is Not the Same" that also...
Diane Rosenberg
Jan 26, 20171 min read
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New Alliance Calls for Statewide Moratorium on New and Expanding Factory Farms
Iowans are already calling for an end to new factory farms in their communities. Eight counties rejected factory farm permits in recent mont
Diane Rosenberg
Sep 16, 20164 min read
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“Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium” Keynote Bill Stowe at the 2016 JFAN Annual Meeting
Iowa has over 9,000 factory farms confining the vast majority of 20 million Iowa hogs and a record 754 water impairments, and those numbers
Diane Rosenberg
Sep 10, 20163 min read
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Urge the DNR to Strengthen Factory Farm Laws
Public Comment Period Open on DNR Rule Review - Comments Accepted until June 3 ** Southeast Iowa Public Hearing Info ** Tuesday, May 31...
Diane Rosenberg
Mar 25, 20162 min read
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2015 JFAN Annual Meeting! More CAFOs Are Coming – What YOU Can Do
What EVERYONE can do to fight back against unwanted CAFOs. Whether you’re a rural resident facing a current threat, a rural resident wanting
Diane Rosenberg
Aug 21, 20152 min read
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Supervisors Approve Hill View Master Matrix
Over these last several weeks, JFAN conducted a complete and detailed analysis of the Master Matrix. Ultimately, we found six questions that
Diane Rosenberg
May 19, 20153 min read
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May 18, 2015 Hill View LLC Master Matrix Public Hearing
Hill View is doubling in size to 3600 hogs. CAFOs of this size have a big impact on communities whether people speak out or not. It is respe
Diane Rosenberg
May 18, 20152 min read
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