The Sights and Smells of Christmas Are Different in CAFO-Land December 13, 2018 Part of a series of manure applications, exceptionally stinky, east side of Springville Hwy. between Woerner and Rome Rds., Rome Twp. (Raisin) Moving south, frozen ponded manure … Continue Reading…
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October 31, 2018 Overwhelmed by a deluge Not just rain. Manure. The worst yet, all at once. Confined livestock facilities store their waste in stockpiles, open cesspits (“lagoons”) to which millions of gallons of clean groundwater are added to make … Continue Reading…
OPB BY Courtney Flatt; Northwest Public Broadcasting A troubled mega-dairy in Oregon has announced its plans to shut down. After racking up multiple environmental violations, Lost Valley Farm’s owner has been fired and a trustee wants to sell the property. Lost Valley … Continue Reading…
October 5, 2018 Massive stench alert, liquid dragline manure application on New Flevo/Waterlands fields on the north side of M34 between Sword and Whig Hwys., Dover Township. Field isn’t finished yet, even with incorporation it still stinks. This is gonna … Continue Reading…
October 5, 2018 Bakerlads Farm, Clayton, MI. South Branch, Raisin watershed. This farm installed a “constructed wetland” over 10 years ago, designed to filter CAFO waste from the facility through wetlands plants in a 2-chambered pond. This naturally-filtered water was … Continue Reading…