Farmers protect environment for future; Hog farm co-owner addresses questions By JAMES L. WHITE [email protected] Harrison Daily Times – Harrison, Arkansas Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 7:00 am | Updated: 7:04 am, Tue May 30, 2017. Jason Henson, co-owner of C&H Hog Farm near Mt. Judea, recently spoke to the Harrison […]
Meat giant JBS says bribes greased path to explosive growth By Gerson Freitas Jr., Tatiana Freitas and Jeff Wilson Bloomberg News When beef tycoons Joesley and Wesley Batista sat down with Brazilian prosecutors last month and told them all they knew about the corruption scandal known as Carwash, they also […]
Arkansasonline If Buffalo Flounders Legacy at risk By Mike Masterson Posted: May 21, 2017 at 1:43 a.m. I’ve known and respected Gov. Asa Hutchinson for decades, ever since he occupied the 3rd District seat held for 13 terms by my late uncle John Paul Hammerschmidt of Harrison. To me and […]
MIKE MASTERSON: Woes elsewhere Tracking ‘pig2bac’ By Mike Masterson Posted: May 16, 2017 at 4:30 a.m. A story by Brian Bienkowski appearing in Environmental Health News says bacteria spread from industrial hog factories (like the one our Department of Environmental Quality [wheeze] permitted into our Buffalo National River watershed) is contaminating […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Letter to Editor No experiments here Mike Masterson’s recent column, “Science, not emotion,” got me to thinking about concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and the use of built-in wastewater treatment plants to convert raw liquid swine manure into treated waste. I imagine that proponents of this sort […]
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2017/may/hog-poop-bacteria-from-big-nc-farms-taints-nearby-homes#.WRWoNX46w3M.email Hog poop bacteria from big NC farms taints nearby homes. n. May 11, 2017 By Brian Bienkowski Environmental Health News Bacteria from large-scale industrial hog farms in North Carolina are contaminating the homes, lawns and air of nearby private homes, according to new evidence. The bacteria, called pig2bac, are a marker […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jessie J. Green, 870.577.5071, [email protected] Maia Raposo, Director of Communications & Marketing, Waterkeeper Alliance: [email protected]; 212.747.0622 ext. 116 White River Waterkeeper: Newly Formed Environmental Group to Patrol and Protect the White River and its’ tributaries. The Waterkeeper Alliance Board of Directors has approved the White River Waterkeeper organization. […]