Daily Archives: February 16, 2014

Pig farm threatens Buffalo River – by Former US Reps Snyder and Bethune – The Hill

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http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/198266-pig-farm-threatens-buffalo-river Pig farm threatens Buffalo River By Former Reps. Ed Bethune (R-Ark.) and Vic Snyder 
(D-Ark.) – 02/12/14 06:03 PM EST In 1972, something miraculous happened in Congress undefined at least by today’s standards. A Republican, working with Democratic colleagues, passed legislation that was then signed by a Republican president. The […]

Whose side is Farm Bureau on?

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http://www.thenation.com/article/168913/whose-side-american-farm-bureau# Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On?nn The answer: Big Ag.n  Just ask the family farmers who dared to protest an industrial hog farm in Missouri. Ian T. Shearn July 16, 2012   Produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network.   The American Farm Bureau, […]

Rethink that permit – Mike Masterson

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“Rethink that Permit ” byMike Masterson In the Northwest Arkansas Times February 16, 2014 The unbelievable saga of the Cargill-sponsored hog factory our state wrongheadedly permitted in the Buffalo National River watershed just became more twisted where reason and common sense are concerned. (As if that were possible.) Now we […]