Arkansas News BureauLITTLE ROCK Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Director Teresa Marks will retire on Sept. 30, the agency said Wednesday. Gov. Mike Beebe appointed Marks in 2007 to head the state environmental regulatory agency, which has about 400 employees. “I have been so fortunate and I will always […]
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/07/22/governor-candidates-talk-about-hog-farms-in-northwest-arkansas Governor candidates talk about hog farms in Northwest Arkansas Posted By Max Brantley on Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:26 PM The major party candidates for governor have had one joint appearance today and have another scheduled. No debate debates for Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Mike Ross. Here’s […]
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2014/jul/22/vitamins-and-groundwater-20140722/ Dr. John Van Brahana, the widely respected professor emeritus and specialist in hydrology from the University of Arkansas, must be taking mega-vitamins. How else to explain the energy level of this man who for almost a year has volunteered his time and resources, along with a team of volunteers, […]
Report out on E. coli near farm RYAN MCGEENEYARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE The environmental research team assigned by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture to monitor nutrient and bacteria levels surrounding a controversial Newton County hog farm has released its third quarterly report.The Big Creek Research Team, headed by Andrew Sharpley, […]
FAYETTEVILLE — On the second day of a conference that has centered on “wicked problems” across the state, water quality experts spent Wednesday morning discussing the relatively recent addition of a controversial hog farm within the Buffalo National River Watershed.After an introduction from Brian Haggard, director of the Arkansas Water […]
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/07/07/hutchinson-backs-existing-hog-operation-in-buffalo-watershedHutchinson wouldn’t push to shut hog operation in Buffalo watershed Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 7:00 AM Asa Hutchinson, the Republican candidate for governor, talked with Roby Brock at Talk Business about tax, business and education issues. He covered familiar ground, but his resistance to […]
Designer hog sees, hears betterCouple propagates, trademarks breed over 8 yearsBy Ryan McGeeneyPosted: July 6, 2014 at 2:27 a.m. Ryan McGeeney FAYETTEVILLE –When Rose Konold, co-owner of Mason Creek Farm in Fayetteville, roams the farm’s pastures in the early afternoon to check on her hogs, she knows her star sow will […]
Feeding Operations A Threat To WatershedPosted: July 4, 2014 at 1:30 a.m. I support the proposed ban of medium and large concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in the Buffalo River watershed. This action would be a step in the right direction to protect our state from the well-documented harm […]
Virus Plagues the Pork Industry, and EnvironmentalistsBy STEPHANIE STROM JULY 4, 2014 A deadly virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea, or PEDv, is estimated to have killed, on average, more than 100,000 piglets and young hogs each week since it first showed up in Iowa in May 2013, wreaking havoc on the […]
Honolulu Star Advertiser Industrial food complex hastening climate change By Gary Hooser and Simon Russell POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 02, 2014 In Hawaii, the debate over the safety of GMO products often centers around eating the food or being exposed to chemicals used in its production. Both are important, […]