Leaving CAFOs Behind: Diverse Opportunities for Independent Family Farms
Two different farming families on what it took to leave CAFOs behind and transform their farms into a sustainable operation.
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Diane Rosenberg
Jun 254 min read
Are Factory Farms Family Farms?
Recently, a farmer asked how JFAN and other environmental groups define factory farms and family farms. It’s a good question.
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Diane Rosenberg
Jul 19, 20233 min read
Two New CAFOs Proposed East of Pleasant Plain - DNR Checks for LLC Loophole
Two new small adjacent CAFOs are being built in Penn Township in Jefferson County. JFAN looked into whether the LLC loophole was at play.
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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
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Shifting Gears South: New CAFO in Polk Township
JFAN just learned of a new small factory farm with fewer than 1250 hogs to be built approximately three miles southwest of Packwood.
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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 | President and Executive Director
Aug 5, 20222 min read
The Interests of the 99% Matter
JFAN Letter to the Editor in the August 3, 2022 Southeast Iowa Union Every year since 2017, a factory farm moratorium bill has been...
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Diane Rosenberg
Jul 20, 20223 min read
TAKE ACTION – The Recent Iowa Supreme Court Ruling Makes A Factory Farm Moratorium More Crucial Than
The Iowa Supreme Court's recent ruling makes enacting a moratorium even more important. Urge your legislators to support a CAFO moratorium.
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Diane Rosenberg
Jul 12, 20224 min read
Wide Ranging Testimony at “The People’s Hearing”
A wide swath of community members, farmers, and experts testified on harms factory farms inflict at The People's Hearing organized by IARA.
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Diane Rosenberg
Jun 8, 20223 min read
Factory Farms Don’t Build Healthy Rural Economies - New Food & Water Watch Report
by Diane Rosenberg | JFAN Executive Director Contrary to livestock industry claims, factory farms aren’t creating healthy rural...
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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
Feb 11, 20222 min read
HF 2305, New Moratorium Bill, Includes Integrator Liability
On Monday, February 8, Iowa Representative Art Staed introduced HF 2305, a new CAFO moratorium bill halting construction of new or...
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Diane Rosenberg
Jun 7, 20216 min read
Supervisors Approve Hill View Site 2 Master Matrix
Jefferson County Supervisors grant full points to Hill View Site 2 Master Matrix during a morning scoring session on May 21.
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