Chicago Tribune Whipped, kicked, beaten: Illinois workers describe abuse of hogs 

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette MIKE MASTERSON: On the Buffalo By Mike Masterson Drilling to start Harbor Environmental of Little Rock will get the state contract to drill beneath at least one of the massive waste lagoons at C&H Hog Farms. I’m withholding any festive hooting until this latest move, supposedly to protect our […]

Harrison Daily Times Standing on ‘holey’ ground; Hydrogeologist talks about the Buffalo River Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016 7:00 am | By David HOLSTED davidh@harrisondaily.com |0 comments PONCA — For Dr. Van Brahana, nothing beats the smell of a good rock. “I sniff rocks,” he said, then in response to the giggles and chuckles around […]

Arkansasonline LR firm chosen to drill under pig farm’s ponds By Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality this week selected a contractor for a drilling project on a hog farm in Newton County, Chief Deputy Director Julie Chapman said Friday. Harbor Environmental of Little Rock will conduct the study, […]

NWA editorial: Testing the waters State plans more study of farm, impact on Buffalo By NWA Democrat-Gazette Posted: July 6, 2016 at 1 a.m. The canoeists angled for the bank as soon as they’d emerged from the fast-moving waters. Unlike some of the earlier adventures through the river’s quicker-paced but […]

Arkansasonline Email timeline  Waste or clay? By Mike Masterson In March 2015, the University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture’s Big Creek Research and Extension Team retained Oklahoma State University geology professor and hydrologist Todd Halihan and associate Jon Fields to perform electrical resistivity imaging studies on waste spray fields used by […]

KSMU Radio What Lies Beneath?n By BART ANDERS • JUN 16, 2016 With its rolling hills, rivers and caves, the Ozarks is full of natural beauty. But the landscape does not come without risks. Dr. Van Brahana, a hydrogeologist and professor emeritus with the University of Arkansas, will lead a workshop at the […]

Think progress.org 5 Big Meat Companies Produce A Combined 162 Million Tons Of Manure Each Year BY NATASHA GEILING JUN 30, 2016  The consolidation of animal agriculture has allowed American agribusiness to produce huge amounts of cheap meat at an astonishing rate. But that access to cheap meat comes at a cost: millions of […]

Arkansasonline Drill, baby, drill Conflicting aims By Mike Masterson I’ve never believed anyone can effectively serve two masters. That sets me to wondering about the mission of the Big Creek Research and Extension Team, working under auspices of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. How realistic is it that this […]

KUAF Radio – Ozarks At Large (Click to listen) ADEQ Calls for Independent Investigation of  Buffalo River Hog Farm By JACQUELINE FROELICH  The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hire independent experts to assess whether C&H Hog Farms is leaking industrial swine waste from its sewage lagoons located within the Buffalo […]

 Emily Walkenhorst New study to require drilling at hog farm   NWA Online Article             RELATED ARTICLE Environmental agency exec goes to AG State-hired scientists continued to state Friday that research shows no evidence that C&H Hog Farms is polluting its surrounding environment in the Buffalo River watershed, and the […]

Arkansas Times State plans independent study of impact of Buffalo River watershed hog farm Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:42 PM ·        GOOD NEWS: Richard Mays, a Heber Springs lawyer, reads statement from Buffalo River Coalition on state decision to further review how well waste ponds are preventing hog waste pollution […]

KUAR Public Radio (Click to Listen) Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to Oversee New Hog Farm Testing  By ALDEN WALTERS • JUN 24, 2016 The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality announced that it will oversee new testing of an industrial hog farm near the Buffalo River. The new studies will collect data about […]

Arkansasnews.com ADEQ: Independent evaluation to be conducted at hog farm By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau jlyon@arkansasnews.com LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hire independent experts to study the liner integrity of manure ponds at a hog farm in the Buffalo National River watershed, ADEQ director Becky […]

Democrat-Gazette Feedback keeps streaming in about that hog factory at Mount Judea. I’d asked readers if they were bored with the controversy. Here are edited examples of only a few responses from across Arkansas: Wincie says–“I’ve written previously about the possibility of turning our beautiful, national river into a ‘Hog […]

Arkansas Times Looking ahead on Buffalo River protection Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:54 AM Next week could be a big week in the ongoing fight to protect the Buffalo River from pollution from a factory hog feeding operation in Mount Judea next to a major tributary to the river. Tests so far have […]

Who is protecting us Hog wash! You may ask, “Why hasn’t the U of A Division of Agriculture’s Big Creek Research Extension Team reported or confirmed that hog-waste cesspools are leaking at C&H Hog Farms?” Like me, maybe you thought they’re there to safeguard the Buffalo National River, or that […]

Lovely County Citizen  Letter to Editor Hogwash! Every day we see vehicles laden with canoes and kayaks destined for the Buffalo River. They spend time (and money) in Eureka Springs because of the loveliness of this place and we’re on the way to the loveliness of that.  So to think […]

Power Line, Hog Farm Similar About three years ago, AEP/SWEPCO attempted to get regulatory approval to build a massive extra-high-voltage power line through the National Military Park at Pea Ridge, along the White River in Carroll County and through the outskirts of Eureka Springs. The proposal brought a huge outpouring […]