NWAOnline UA plan to test hog farm’s land isn’t ready to go Funding vote is put off, too By Ryan McGeeney Posted: August 9, 2013 at 2:07 a.m. A plan to begin testing for nutrients and pollutants in the soil and groundwater in the area near a Newton County hog […]
Groups sue over hog farmPosted: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 4:31 pm |Staff Report [email protected] nn LITTLE ROCK undefined Several non-profit environmental organization have filed suit against state and federal agencies asking the court to void $3.4 million in loan guarantees to C&H Hog Farms near Mt. Judea based on the impact […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette 8/7/13n U.S. sued over loan pledged to hog farmBy Ryan McGeeney Lawyers representing a coalition of four environmental-activism groups filed suit Tuesday against the federal government, claiming improper issuance of loan guarantees for the construction of C&H Hog Farms, the large-scale concentrated animal feeding operation in Mount […]
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Lawsuit filed over loans for hog farmArkansas News Bureaunn LITTLE ROCK A coalition of environmental activist groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two federal agencies over their issuance of about $3.3 million in loan guarantees to C&H Hog Farms, which operates on a tributary of the Buffalo National River in […]
Arkansas Times Lawsuit filed to stop hog feeding operation in Buffalo River watershedPosted by Max Brantley on Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:38 PM TARGETED BY LAWSUIT: The C&H Hog Farms feeding operation.A coalition of groups filed suit in federal court in Little Rock today to set aside $3.4 million […]
NWAOnline Lawsuit filed over C&H Hog Farms loansBy Ryan McGeeneyPosted: August 6, 2013 at 1:41 p.m.Print itemE-mail A coalition of four environmental activism groups filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court against both the Farm Service Agency and the Small Business Administration for the issuance of loan guarantees for the […]
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: August 6, 2013Contact: • Jack Stewart, Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, (870) 715-0260, [email protected]• Emily Jones, National Parks Conservation Association, (865) 329-2424 x 26, cell (865) 335-4666, [email protected]• Robert Cross, The Ozark Society, (479) 466-3077, [email protected]• Debbie Doss, Arkansas Canoe Club, (501)472-6873, [email protected] Groups Go To Court […]
http://mikemastersonsmessenger.com/around-mount-judeas-hog-factory/ Curiosity had gotten the best of me and, after a crunchy catfish po’ boy at the historic Cliff House along Scenic 7 south of Jasper, I wandered with Pat Flippo of Fayetteville into the sprawling valley below known as the Grand Canyon of the Ozarks. That breathtaking expanse is […]
Mark Bittman July 9, 2013, 7:58 pm 188 Comments Breeding Bacteria on Factory Farms By MARK BITTMAN Mark Bittman on food and all things related. Tags: antibiotics, Bacteria, Factory Farming, Food and Drug Administration, Livestock Diseases The story of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in farm animals is not a simple one. But […]
Questions followed permit Mike Masterson There’s a new twist in the C&H Hog Farms controversy. First, though, let’s briefly review:You may recall that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality scheduled no public hearings, and published no notices of application in Newton County before permitting the C&H hog factory farm in […]
State may fund pollution testing on hog farm in Mt. Judeann Arkansas Times: http://m.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/07/26/state-may-fund-pollution-testing-on-hog-farm-in-mt-judea?section=868702 Posted by David Ramsey on Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:58 PM TESTING PROPOSED: C&H hog farm is willing. I’ve heard from a number of lawmakers and stakeholders that the governor is having ongoing discussions about state-funded, […]
From Newton County Times, http://newtoncountytimes.com/news/comment-period-extended-for-yell-county-hog-farm-permit/article_f4385ab4-f49a-11e2-b608-0019bb2963f4.html?_dc=787895318819.21 The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has extended the comment period on proposed changes to the current permit for a Yell County hog farm. The extension was granted after a citizen requested an extension at a public hearing in Dardanelle on July 22, 2013, to […]
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From NWAOnline: http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/jul/24/hog-farm-plan-goes-hearing-20130724/ Hog-Farm Plan Goes To HearingMany Back Darr ExpansionBy Ryan McGeeney DARDANELLE – When Mike Darr, co-owner of Darr Swine Farm near Dardanelle, began planning to expand the farm he and his family have worked for about the past 20 years, the last thing he thought it would […]
Defecation Nation: Pig Waste Likely to Rise in U.S. from Business DealA proposed acquisition of Smithfield Foods would send pork to China and leave more pig feces in the U.S., potentially increasing the risk of superbug infections and other diseases By Dina Fine Maron Scientific American, July 12, 2013 We […]
NWAOnline: 7/11/2013n PUBLIC VIEWPOINT: Time To Fight Goliath CorporationsBy Ginny Masullo, Fayetteville Another large hog facility is seeking a permit in Arkansas. This time the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public meeting regarding this specific operation in Yell County, as they so flagrantly did not do for […]
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Published in Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 7/2/13n Travesty of common sense By Mike Masterson Many readers were not around when the battle to save the Buffalo River was in full force during the late 1960s and early ’70s. They wouldn’t know how it took a courageous and sustained bipartisan effort to […]
Why I write on Mike Masterson Some readers must be wondering if ol’ Mike’s gone hog wild with swine fever. I can’t blame them after two dozen or so columns about the state’s wrongheaded decision to permit the Mount Judea hog factory (calling itself a family farm) smack in the […]