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 […]
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 ” 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 […]
http://m.arktimes.com/arkansas/blogs/Post?basename=state-testing-wrong-fields-near-hog-farm-opponents-of-operation-say&day=12&id=ArkansasBlog&month=02&year=2014 State testing wrong fields near hog farm, opponents of operation say Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:36 AM WRONG WAY: Opponents say environmental testing is being done of land that isn’t receiving waste from C and H hog feeder operation.WRONG WAY: Opponents say environmental […]
It’s the Location Democrat-Gazette-February 11, 2014 I’ve got to smile whenever I read how some lobbyists and others with special-interest agendas try to make it seem in news stories as if public opposition (including my own) to the hog factory placed in the precious Buffalo National River watershed, when […]
ADEQ notified C&H yesterday of a necessary permit modification with a new notice of intent and nutrient management plan. This will be a major modification requiring a public notice on ADEQ’s website with a 30-day comment period. We will post when public notice has been made and comment period is open. Access […]
JUDGE FILES SCHEDULE IN HOG FARM SUIT By Ryan McGeeney Posted: February 9, 2014 at 1:41 a.m. A lawsuit seeking a new environmental assessment of the possible effect of a Newton County hog farm on its natural surroundings has moved one step closer to resolution. Judge D.P. Marshall Jr., a federal […]
ADEQ has made a 2nd inspection report for C&H. Below is an edited version. To see entire inspection go to “Documents & Videos” and “ADEQ Compliance Inspection #2” January 28, 2014 Mr. Jason Henson, Owner C&H Hog Farms HC 72 Box 10 Mount Judea, AR 72655 RE: Compliance Inspection/Complain […]
Brahana TalksMike Masterson- Democrat-Gazette, January 28, 2014 Former UA geoscience professor John Van Brahana last week addressed the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission about the need to protect the Buffalo National River’s watershed. This political body oversees the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (cough). Brahana has invested large amounts […]
Eureka Springs Independentn Exploring Cargill statementESI StaffWednesday, January 22, 2014 Editor,In response to Mike Martin, Cargill director of communications, [Jan. 8 Independent].I have searched ADEQ’s website and other documents finding that in 1992 Randy Young, executive director of Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, initiated a study of confined animal […]
Hog issue complex?By Mike MastersonPosted: January 21, 2014 at 2:45 a.m. Two avid supporters of the Buffalo National River in Newton County recently sent their concerns to state legislators. They asked the representatives to do everything possible to prevent the potential pollution of the treasured stream by C&H Hog Farms. […]
ARKANSAS POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY COMMISSIONREGULAR COMMISSION MEETINGFriday, January 24, 20149:00 a.m. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY5301 NORTHSHORE DRIVENORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72118 AGENDAn(Item #03) I. Call Meeting to Order – 9:00 a.m. II. Roll Call III. Approval of October 25, 2013, Commission Meeting (Item #04) Minutes IV. Department ReportsA. Director’s Report B. Status of Regulations Monthly […]
The Mountain Press, Sevier County Tenn.n Public Notice Week: Something to celebrateJan. 20, 2014 @ 12:10 AMFRANK GIBSON SEVIERVILLE Residents of Mt. Judea, Ark., woke up one morning recently to learn that their small community is about to become host to a hog farm – population 6,503 hogs. “What really […]
Northwest Arkansas Times, January 16, 2014n Keep The Buffalo River Pristine Recently I had the rare and wonderful opportunity to tour the Fay Jones-designed Faubus house in Huntsville. About 30 years ago when I was a graduate student at the University of Arkansas, my mother and I stopped by the […]
On January 13, 2014, the Department of Justice filed its Answer to BRWA’s Amended Complaint. The next step in the agreed schedule is for the government to produce the Administrative Record on February 4, 2014.
Cargill says no ‘flood’ of hog factories planned for ArkansasBecky Gillette Eureka Springs IndependentWednesday, January 08, 2014 Cargill, the company buying the pork produced by the C&H Hog Farms located near the Buffalo River, has thus far responded to about 300 letters or e-mails from people concerned about how the […]
http://www.eurekaspringsindependent.com/single_story.asp?StoryID=5228 Hog factory opponents move forward to protect the Buffalo RiverBecky Gillette Eureka Springs IndependentWednesday, January 08, 2014 The holidays brought new filings in the lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups challenging the permit for the controversial C&H Hog Farms in Mt. Judea near the Buffalo River, and […]
Newton County Times Billboard stirs hog farm controversy Photo submitted This is a billboard on U.S. 65 South near Western Grove. Could it be warning of impending pollution from the ADEQ-permitted hog farm in Mt. Judea near Big Creek, a tributary to the Buffalo National River? Posted: Monday, January 6, 2014 […]
Swine versus scenery?nn http://mikemastersonsmessenger.com/nytimes-hogs-verses-scenery/ By Mike Masterson Posted: January 4, 2014 at 2:16 a.m. The New York Times story of the controversial C&H Hog Farms planted by Cargill Inc. and local owners in the Buffalo National River watershed last fall finally was published in late December. Reporter John Eligon, […]
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/02/257393870/how-mass-produced-meat-turned-phosphorus-into-pollution It’s a quandary of food production: The same drive for efficiency that lowers the cost of eating also can damage our soil and water.Take the case of one simple, essential, chemical element: phosphorus.Phosphorus is one of the nutrients that plants need to grow, and for most of human history, […]