Citizens Stop Factory Farm

[marmar]

from In These Times:



Citizens Stop Factory Farm
Grassroots activists successfully challenge a dairy magnate’s right to build a 5,500 cow mega-facility.

BY Patrick Glennon


On September 7, regulators at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency denied a water quality certification permit to a proposed mega-farm, Tradition Dairy. By withholding the permit, the agency effectively halted the industrial feedlot from securing a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is necessary for the project to continue.

Located a mile outside the town of Nora in northwestern Illinois, the property is owned by Californian mega-dairy magnate A.J. Bos. Were it to open, the farm would be the largest in the state, with an initial 5,500 cows and the operational capacity to expand over time.

The project, first announced in 2007, fell under intense scrutiny last October when a purple liquid was found discharged into the Apple River, a tributary of the Mississippi. A swift backlash followed: Grassroots activist group Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards (HOMES) took legal action against the farm’s parent company, Tradition Investments; Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued a complaint and lawsuit against the enterprise; and Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn lobbied on behalf of HOMES, throwing his weight behind the group’s fight against industrial farming.

These efforts have so far paid off, though a member of Tradition Dairy’s legal team has vowed to appeal what he calls a political decision by the IEPA. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12105/citizens_stop_factory_farm

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1. Recommend

[reggie the dog]

2. this is great Nora Illinois is beautiful

in the part of the state with small hills because it was missed by the last glaciation

[roody]

3. The milk would be full of crap like bovine growth hormone.

[Bennyboy]

4. People can make thing happen or (stop them)

ORGANIZE!