Want Stronger CAFO Regulations? Then Let’s Stop SF 2370
Iowa Legislators – remove a section of Iowa SF 2370 that would permanently prohibit the DNR from strengthening factory farm regulations.
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Diane Rosenberg
Mar 134 min read
JFAN Calls Out DNR's Failure to Protect Iowans in Final Set of Chapter 65 Public Comments
JFAN's final comments called out the failure of the DNR to protect the public health of Iowans and the state's water quality.
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Diane Rosenberg
Feb 163 min read
ACTION ALERT! Tell the DNR to Put Iowans First and Strengthen CAFO Regulations!
DNR Accepting Public Comments on Chapter 65 until 4:30 pm Friday. February 23 Public Hearing Scheduled for Monday, February 19 from 1:30...
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Diane Rosenberg
Jan 292 min read
ACTION ALERT: Stop Iowa Senate Study Bill 3103
Senate Study Bill 3103 would discourage people from reporting possible CAFO violations to the Iowa DNR.
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Diane Rosenberg
Sep 20, 20234 min read
TAKE ACTION - Public Comments Needed by Sept. 26 on Chapter 65 and the Regulatory Analysis!
Tell the DNR that CAFO regulations must be stronger and to include public health and environmental costs in the Regulatory Analysis!
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Diane Rosenberg
Jun 13, 20234 min read
Action Alert! Tell the DNR to Strengthen CAFO Regulations – Friday Deadline!
Iowa DNR is taking comments on revisions to CAFO rules and regulations. Tell the DNR to support stronger regulationis!
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Diane Rosenberg
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Book Club with Dr. Chris Jones on The Swine Republic
Dr. Chris Jones returns to Fairfield on June 27 to join a book club meeting on "The Swine Republic" at the Fairfield Public Library at 7 pm.
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Diane Rosenberg
May 5, 20236 min read
UPDATE - The DNR Is Moving Forward with Executive Order Number Ten Revision of CAFO Regulations
JFAN and Other Groups Met with the DNR to Understand What Lays Ahead by Diane Rosenberg | Executive Director The DNR is now continuing...
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Diane Rosenberg
May 5, 20232 min read
Dr. Chris Jones in Fairfield May 16 for "The Swine Republic" Book Launch at Fairfield Public Library
Dr. Chris Jones launches his refreshingly honest book, "The Swine Republic", during a May 17 book signing at the Fairfield Public Library.
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Diane Rosenberg
Sep 30, 20224 min read
ACTION ALERT - Tell the DNR to Do Its Job and Protect Iowa's Water Quality! Deadline Extended
DEADLINE EXTENDED - Tell the DNR you want them to strengthen CAFO regulations, not weaken them during their five year rules review.
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Diane Rosenberg
Sep 13, 20222 min read
ACTION ALERT – Let the DNR Know How to Improve CAFO Rules
Iowans have an opportunity to recommend changes to the rules that govern how CAFOs are regulated. The Iowa Department of Natural...
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Diane Rosenberg
Aug 15, 20224 min read
Troubled Waters: Can Iowa Fix Its Water Quality Crisis?
Dr. Chris Jones takes a deep look at Iowa's poor water quality during the Southeast Iowa Sierra Club's meeting, "Iowa's Troubled Waters."
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Diane Rosenberg
May 4, 20225 min read
The Clean Water Act Just Turned 50. How Is It Doing?
by Diane Rosenberg, JFAN Executive Director Fifty years ago it became crystal clear that American’s waterways were in dire straits. Fires...
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Diane Rosenberg
Mar 21, 20225 min read
Iowa: The Land of 751 Polluted Waterways
JFAN's in-depth analysis of the 2022 DNR Impaired Waters list.
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Diane Rosenberg
Mar 31, 20192 min read
April 3 - Dr. Chris Jones on the Factory Farming/Water Pollution Connection
Our Water At Risk Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 pm Fairfield Public Library Free - donations welcome Iowa has some of the dirtiest waters in...
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Diane Rosenberg
Apr 1, 20172 min read
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...
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Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
Mar 30, 20172 min read
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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Diane Rosenberg
Sep 10, 20163 min read
“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
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Diane Rosenberg
Nov 23, 20134 min read
Coalition Notifies Iowa Factory Farm of Intent to File Clean Water Act Lawsuit over Repeated Manure
The sow facility, located in Van Buren County, Iowa near the Des Moines River, is one of the largest factory farms in Iowa, and annually pro
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Diane Rosenberg
Aug 1, 20071 min read
Area Violations
Runoff Fouls Stream after Field Application Manure runoff polluted an unnamed tributary of Stump Creek near Batavia in May according to a...
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