Baxter County Bulletin ADEQ hearing set on C&H Hog Farm modifications March 23, 2015 LITTLE ROCK – An Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality public hearing for the proposed modification of coverage for C&H Hog Farm in Mount Judea under the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation General Permit is set for 6 […]
A pond leaked? By Mike Masterson, Arkansas Democrat Gazette March 22, 2015 I was shocked, downright shocked I say, to read a news account where Cargill Inc., the primary supporter and supplier of the controversial hog factory in the Buffalo National River watershed at Mount Judea, had water from its […]
Arkansas Business Environmentalist Calls for Strict Oversight of Hog Farm Near Buffalo Rivernby Rob Moritz on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015 3:29 pm CONWAY – Environmentalists must be vocal in their opposition to a hog farm near the Buffalo National River watershed because it’s not only a potential threat to the […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette March 17, 2015 Hogs on the Buffalo: Review the permit By Mike Masterson Attorneys for environmental groups have asked the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (cough) to reopen C&H Hog Farms’ operating permit for public comment and review because of all the flaws they’ve found in revisions to […]
Read the story with photos here: The Baxter Bulletin Buffalo National River: Is industrial hog farm harmful? Thomas Garrett, [email protected] 9:57 p.m. CDT March 12, 2015 Monitoring of the Buffalo National River in the area of a Newton County industrial hog farm showed runoff from a tributary sent E. coli […]
Massive amounts of manure spills from farm field into rural community FULTON, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Thousands of gallons of manure has spilled into a West Michigan community. It’s happening in the Fulton area, which is in rural Kalamazoo County. The manure is running off from a farmer’s field and […]
See link for full story and videos from The Center for Investigative Reporting website http://www.revealnews.org/article/north-carolinians-say-expansion-of-chinese-owned-pig-farms-stinks/
This link is to an 8-minute report by Jacqueline Froelich for an Ozarks-At-Large segment on KUAF public radio, Fayetteville, AR http://kuaf.com/post/monitoring-buffalo-river-swine
The Institute for Southern Studies Koch Industries tops list of water polluters spending big on politics With corporate interests mobilizing to kill the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to restore Clean Water Act safeguards to thousands of waterways across the nation, an environmental advocacy group is shining a spotlight on major […]
Business InsiderThe secretive Cargill family has 14 billionaires thanks to an agricultural empire — more than any other clan on earth DRAKE BAER MAR. 2, 2015, Cargill is the largest privately held company in the US. The Minnesota-based agriculture giant has 75 businesses employing 143,000 people in 67 countries. In […]