Mark Bittman July 9, 2013, 7:58 pm 188 Comments Breeding Bacteria on Factory Farms By MARK BITTMAN Mark Bittman on food and all things related. Tags: antibiotics, Bacteria, Factory Farming, Food and Drug Administration, Livestock Diseases The story of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in farm animals is not a simple one. But […]
Questions followed permit Mike Masterson There’s a new twist in the C&H Hog Farms controversy. First, though, let’s briefly review:You may recall that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality scheduled no public hearings, and published no notices of application in Newton County before permitting the C&H hog factory farm in […]
State may fund pollution testing on hog farm in Mt. Judeann Arkansas Times: http://m.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/07/26/state-may-fund-pollution-testing-on-hog-farm-in-mt-judea?section=868702 Posted by David Ramsey on Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:58 PM TESTING PROPOSED: C&H hog farm is willing. I’ve heard from a number of lawmakers and stakeholders that the governor is having ongoing discussions about state-funded, […]
From Newton County Times, http://newtoncountytimes.com/news/comment-period-extended-for-yell-county-hog-farm-permit/article_f4385ab4-f49a-11e2-b608-0019bb2963f4.html?_dc=787895318819.21 The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has extended the comment period on proposed changes to the current permit for a Yell County hog farm. The extension was granted after a citizen requested an extension at a public hearing in Dardanelle on July 22, 2013, to […]
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From NWAOnline: http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/jul/24/hog-farm-plan-goes-hearing-20130724/ Hog-Farm Plan Goes To HearingMany Back Darr ExpansionBy Ryan McGeeney DARDANELLE – When Mike Darr, co-owner of Darr Swine Farm near Dardanelle, began planning to expand the farm he and his family have worked for about the past 20 years, the last thing he thought it would […]
Defecation Nation: Pig Waste Likely to Rise in U.S. from Business DealA proposed acquisition of Smithfield Foods would send pork to China and leave more pig feces in the U.S., potentially increasing the risk of superbug infections and other diseases By Dina Fine Maron Scientific American, July 12, 2013 We […]
NWAOnline: 7/11/2013n PUBLIC VIEWPOINT: Time To Fight Goliath CorporationsBy Ginny Masullo, Fayetteville Another large hog facility is seeking a permit in Arkansas. This time the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public meeting regarding this specific operation in Yell County, as they so flagrantly did not do for […]
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Published in Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 7/2/13n Travesty of common sense By Mike Masterson Many readers were not around when the battle to save the Buffalo River was in full force during the late 1960s and early ’70s. They wouldn’t know how it took a courageous and sustained bipartisan effort to […]
Why I write on Mike Masterson Some readers must be wondering if ol’ Mike’s gone hog wild with swine fever. I can’t blame them after two dozen or so columns about the state’s wrongheaded decision to permit the Mount Judea hog factory (calling itself a family farm) smack in the […]
Contact Information: Katherine Benenati / 501.682.0821 / [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> FOR RELEASE: JUNE 28, 2013 HEARING SET ON YELL COUNTY HOG FARM PERMIT MODIFICATION The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will hold a public meeting and hearing at Dardanelle July 22, 2013, to discuss proposed changes to the current permit for […]
The E.P.A. Backs Off on Factory FarmsBy THE EDITORIAL BOARDPublished: June 14, 2013 The Environmental Protection Agency is obliged under the Clean Water Act to monitor America’s waterways and shield them from the toxic runoff from factory farms. But the growth of that industry, and its courtroom tenacity, has far […]
3 agencies reverse course on Blueway Legislators hear of public backlash SARAH D. WIREARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE A public outcry that the federal government will seize private property near the White River caused three state agencies Wednesday to backpedal on their support for designation of the river as a National Blueway.The watershed […]
This Ozarks At Large report by Jacqueline Froelich focuses on the battle between Oklahoma and Arkansas over pollution, primarily phosphorus, of the Illinois River by Arkansas poultry producers. While not directly related to hog CAFOs, it does show how industry will attempt to weaken and undermine efforts to protect water quality. The […]
Deadly piglet virus spreads to nearly 200 U.S. farm site Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. statesWed, Jun 19 2013 By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO | Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:51pm EDT (Reuters) – A swine virus deadly to young pigs, and never before seen in North America, has […]
CAFO a mistake Mathis weighs in Mike Masterson The man who led our state’s Department of Environmental Quality under three governors says it was a big mistake to ever issue a permit to operate that concentrated animal feeding operation for 6,500 sows and piglets in the Buffalo National River watershed […]
In search of leadership Mike Masterson With Mike Beebe’s spokesman saying if he’d had his “druthers,” the governor wouldn’t have permitted that controversial hog factory in the Buffalo National watershed in Newton County, I wondered about the druthers of Sen. John Boozman and Rep. Steve Womack over the waste from […]
Beebe’s druthers? On that hog farm Mike Masterson Iwondered how Gov. Mike Beebe feels about the risk that waste from the industrial hog farm at Mount Judea poses to the environment of the country’s first national river, a pristine tourism attraction and economic boon for decades.After all, he is our […]
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