LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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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Sep 30, 20182 min read

Huber CAFO: Where Are We Now? Where Do We Go From Here?

JFAN provided an update on the Daniels Site with the following article published in the September 28 Fairfield Weekly Reader. The DNR...

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Sep 30, 20182 min read

JFAN LTE: Officials Ignore Environmental, Health Concerns on CAFOs

JFAN published the following Letter to the Editor in the September 28, 2018 Fairfield Ledger commenting on the Jefferson County...

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Sep 7, 20182 min read

New JFAN LTE: JFAN Promotes Alternatives to CAFOs

Published in the September 6 Fairfield Ledger. Given some recent public discussion and a letter to the editor about Jefferson County...

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Aug 24, 20182 min read

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...

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Aug 17, 20183 min read

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...

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Jul 28, 20172 min read

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...

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Jun 22, 20172 min read

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...

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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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May 27, 20162 min read

Pork Producers Received Special Treatment

Joint Letter to the Editor from JFAN and the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project appearing in the May 26, 2016 Fairfield Ledger The...

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Apr 1, 20162 min read

Lawsuits Take Their Toll on CAFO Owners

JFAN letter to the editor published in the March 31, 2016 edition of The Fairfield Ledger. This letter will also appear as a paid ad in...

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Jan 8, 20167 min read

Report on Organic Chicken House in County

The following letter to the editor was published in the January 7, 2016 edition of the Fairfield Ledger. A certified organic farmer in...

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May 8, 20153 min read

CAFOs Are Not “Farms”

Not long ago in Jefferson County, hogs grazed on pastures. A-frame farrowing huts dotted the countryside. Many small farms flourished,...

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Apr 3, 20152 min read

Stand Up for Local Control of CAFOs

JFAN Letter to the Editor Published in the April 2, 2015 Fairfield Ledger When a CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation)...

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Aug 8, 20143 min read

What’s Going On in Southeast Iowa? Fairfield Weekly Reader

Throughout Southeast Iowa, hog production is ramping up. Favorable market conditions are driving expansion throughout Iowa, and Southeast...

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Nov 22, 20132 min read

New Eco-resort Unhappy with Hog Confinement

Letter to the Editor Appearing in the November 21, 2013 Fairfield Ledger To the editor: With tremendous concern my neighbors and I...

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Nov 15, 20132 min read

Spreading Hog Waste Is Health Risk

To the editor: Runoff from a field application of liquid hog manure has again fouled Iowa streams, this time a tributary to Walnut...

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Oct 14, 20133 min read

JFAN Response to Proposed Confinement

Published in the October 10, 2013 issue of the Fairfield Ledger This guest editorial was written in response to a letter submitted by...

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May 17, 20132 min read

JFAN's Letter to the Editor published in the May 16, 2013 Fairfield Ledger

To the Editor: Batavia and Eldon area residents have repeatedly asked the Adam family to not build Valley View Swine because of harmful...

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