Category Archives: Factory Farms

Tipping the ‘sacred cow’: Report calls out big-money agribusiness interests, pushes for CAFO moratorium

Posted on January 6, 2014 by admin

By: Danielle Endvick, Country Today, 12/9/2013 A report recently released by the Wisconsin Environment Research and Policy Center, a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy group, links more large dairy operations in Wisconsin and the weakening of the state’s clean water standards … Continue reading →

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Special Fund Raising Appeal! Support Friends of the Central Sands in Their Historic Legal Challenge to the Richfield CAFO

Posted on July 4, 2013 by admin

It has been two years since Family Farm Defenders (FFD) joined the Friends of the Central Sands (FOCS) in challenging the construction of a large confined animal feeding operation or CAFO in the Central Sands of Wisconsin. We challenged the … Continue reading →

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Kewaunee Cares Tells the Truth About the Impact of Spraying Manure in Wisconsin!

Posted on March 6, 2013 by admin

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America’s Mad Cow Crisis

Posted on April 26, 2012 by admin

By: John Stauber, founder of the Center for Media and Democracy, co-author of Mad Cow USA Published on Thursday, April 26, 2012 by Common Dreams Americans might remember that when the first mad cow was confirmed in the United States … Continue reading →

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Fight Over 5,000 Cow Factory Farm Moves to Court

Posted on July 30, 2011 by admin

Hundreds of local residents packed Adams meeting room to tell DNR of Richfield CAFO’s impact on environment and quality of life Media Contacts: John Peck, Family Farm Defenders, [email protected]. 608-260-0900 Bob Clarke, [email protected]. 608-296-1443 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2011 … Continue reading →

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