Cargill staying putRoot hog or dieBy Mike Masterson8/31/14 Cargill Inc., the multinational corporation responsible for placing the factory of up to 6,500 swine in the Buffalo National River watershed, has responded to sustained public outcries by saying it has no plans to abandon its grossly misplaced venture called C&H Hog […]
The following op-ed was written in response to BRWA VP Jack Stewart’s article, “Cargill Operation Is Contradictory” in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on August 25. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/273253621.html Counterpoint: Cargill’s Arkansas pig farm is a good neighbor Article by: MIKE LUKER Updated: August 29, 2014 – 10:50 PM The contract operation strives […]
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/08/25/cargill-chief-credited-for-climate-remarks-urged-to-do-better-in-buffalo-river-watershed Cargill chief credited for climate remarks; urged to do better in Buffalo River watershed Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:47 AM Jack Stewart, vice president of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, landed an op-ed in the daily newspaper in Minneapolis, base for Cargill, the […]
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/272370391.html A Cargill pig operation in Arkansas is contradictory Article by: JACK STEWART Updated: August 22, 2014 – 6:50 PM The CEO speaks of the environment, but the feedlot threatens a national treasure. It’s not every day in America that a major corporation steps forward and admits that climate change […]
Dr. John Van Brahana will be Honored at the Arkansas Wildlife Federation’s 2014Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards BanquetSaturday, August 23, 2014Doors open @ 4:00 PM; Dinner served @ 6:00 PMThe Center of Bryant located at Bishop Park, 6401 Boone Road, Bryant, Arkansas August 22, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: For more than […]
Honoring Brahana By Mike Masterson Its good to see the Arkansas Wildlife Federation rightfully honoring Dr. John Van Brahana at its annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards banquet tonight in Bryant.A retired University of Arkansas professor of geological sciences and one of the nation’s foremost hydrologists, Brahana has spent the past year […]
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/08/20/cargill-holding-firm-on-hog-farm-in-buffalo-river-watershed Cargill holding firm on hog farm in Buffalo River watershedPosted By Max Brantley on Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:57 PM Dr. Joe Nix of Arkadelphia, a respected water chemist, is sending to friends and associates a letter he received, dated today, from the president of Cargill Pork about the […]
Minnesota Public Radio Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill’s Arkansas hog operations Environment Elizabeth Dunbar · St. Paul, Minn. · Aug 15, 2014 Minnesota-based Cargill has been taking heat from conservationists, including some in Minnesota, for one of its contract hog farms in Arkansas. Some of the anger over […]
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/14/cargill-arkansas-farm-operations Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill’s Arkansas hog operations Elizabeth Dunbar Elizabeth Dunbar · St. Paul, Minn. · Aug 15, 2014 Minnesota-based Cargill has been taking heat from conservationists, including some in Minnesota, for one of its contract hog farms in Arkansas. Some of the anger over the […]
Tale of two letters On the Buffalo Mike Masterson (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Tue, Aug 12, 2014) For valued readers who mistakenly believe all public reactions to my columns about the state’s unbelievable decision to permit a hog factory in the Buffalo National River watershed are roses and light, I invite you […]
Ecologist steps up Big Creek studyFocus on water quality near hog farmRYAN MCGEENEY ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE As Faron Usrey wades into the Buffalo National River at its confluence with Big Creek, armed with a small, plastic sample jar and a tiny sealable bag, he knows he’s not going to be able […]
On the BuffaloCandidates speak By Mike Masterson You may find it as unsurprising as I do to learn what both gubernatorial candidates have to say (and not) about our state wrongheadedly permitting that controversial hog factory at Mount Judea in our state’s precious Buffalo National River watershed. GOP candidate Asa Hutchinson and […]