Iowa's Republican Governor's Branstad/Reynolds have not Enforced the Clean Water Act or Iowa's 16 Drainage Laws in Iowa on some Large Corporate Farmers and Big Industrial CAFO's to increase the profits of Branstad Family Farms and Grassley's Farms. Point Source Contamination of Iowa's Source Waters, like the Cedar Valley Group Aquifers, endangers the health of 500,000 Iowans. Contaminating the Water for 3 wells for Cedar Falls, at least one for Waterloo, and the Water for the University of Iowa, along with many smaller public and private wells. Iowa's State Auditor audited Iowa's Dept. of Natural Resources and found the State of Iowa and the Iowa DNR were not Enforcing the Clean Water Act's Anti-Degradation Laws in 2009 and later in 2015 or 2016. My Appeal 17-1933 of my Civil Rights case CVCV046761 is set for Disposition, I'm hoping the State of Iowa will Reinstall Adam Lack's USDA-NRCS Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation Version Three (RUSLE3) that Trump's Republicans REDACTED in February of 2017. Read my son's file titled, "Adam's Voice" on Adam Lack's file at www.IowaColdCases.org Veronica Lack
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Sejal Chopra
7 years ago
Putting a patent on life an manufacturing it - this is not acceptable and downright inhuman, especially for us humans who have let millions of species of animals go to waste. I may not be "changing the world", but I want to be a part of something worth changing. END THE CAFOS!!!
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Nichole Ellingson
8 years ago
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I live by two hog confinements each of them are 4999 head units they are horrible foul-smelling and the air quality is terrible but they keep letting Reicks View Farms build. They even get away with being called a small family farm and they have well over 200 employees.
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sarah elliott
8 years ago
farmers who build cafos are killing the planet...STOP FACTORY FARMS
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Cecilia Pruitt
8 years ago
family farms work with the environment, factories destroy it
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Kelly Robbins
8 years ago
Here in Illinois we are having the same problem. The factories and Corp Ag with backing from corrupt politicians are killing us slowly!
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Wilma Klingler
9 years ago
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i grew up in Brothersvalley Township, on a farm, and our pigs were treated humanely. I find factory farming deplorable.
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Mary mohr
9 years ago
i am originally from Brothersvalley Township and hope these inhumane and environmentally destructive operations are kept out! I enjoy visiting family there and hope the land remains odor free.
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Connie Glessner
9 years ago
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I've lived in this township for 32 years and am amazed at what people will do to get richer at the expense of their neighbors. There are so many things people could do that would benefit the area instead of polluting and destroying our land.
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Connie Glessner
9 years ago
This is one of the most disgusting excuses to ruin the environment Croners could come up with. Farmers, what a joke!
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Robyn myers
9 years ago
We know croners have money so they really don't give a rats ass if it offends surrounding neighbors .
THEY don't have to live there !
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Dave Mayhugh
9 years ago
Stop messing up the beautiful Somerset County.
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Lisa inzerillo
9 years ago
Stop ruining our rural landscapes!
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Kathy Woodson
9 years ago
Don't build the pig farm so close to people's homes. No one wants to smell that everyday!! Move it away from The Brants home!!
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Chris burkholder
9 years ago
No pig farm....
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JANIE OHLER
9 years ago
Please save our beautiful land. NO HOGS
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James brant
9 years ago
Don't want CAFO here. Help us keep them away.
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Joe lenahan
9 years ago
We have to stop them. I would like them to spend one day living the way these poor animals live and see if they like it. It's disgusting, and heartless. They are living creatures and they DO have feelings. Just imagine being stuck there just waiting to be butchered,day in day out with no love.
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Sherry Brant
9 years ago
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We need ordinances in this county to regulate these CAFO's. Now they have the right to devalue my property, to make me sick, to ruin my air and water and keep me from enjoying my yards with my grandkids. We need to change this.
i am so against this type of farming
Iowa's Republican Governor's Branstad/Reynolds have not Enforced the Clean Water Act or Iowa's 16 Drainage Laws in Iowa on some Large Corporate Farmers and Big Industrial CAFO's to increase the profits of Branstad Family Farms and Grassley's Farms. Point Source Contamination of Iowa's Source Waters, like the Cedar Valley Group Aquifers, endangers the health of 500,000 Iowans. Contaminating the Water for 3 wells for Cedar Falls, at least one for Waterloo, and the Water for the University of Iowa, along with many smaller public and private wells. Iowa's State Auditor audited Iowa's Dept. of Natural Resources and found the State of Iowa and the Iowa DNR were not Enforcing the Clean Water Act's Anti-Degradation Laws in 2009 and later in 2015 or 2016. My Appeal 17-1933 of my Civil Rights case CVCV046761 is set for Disposition, I'm hoping the State of Iowa will Reinstall Adam Lack's USDA-NRCS Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation Version Three (RUSLE3) that Trump's Republicans REDACTED in February of 2017. Read my son's file titled, "Adam's Voice" on Adam Lack's file at www.IowaColdCases.org Veronica Lack
Putting a patent on life an manufacturing it - this is not acceptable and downright inhuman, especially for us humans who have let millions of species of animals go to waste. I may not be "changing the world", but I want to be a part of something worth changing. END THE CAFOS!!!
I live by two hog confinements each of them are 4999 head units they are horrible foul-smelling and the air quality is terrible but they keep letting Reicks View Farms build. They even get away with being called a small family farm and they have well over 200 employees.
farmers who build cafos are killing the planet...STOP FACTORY FARMS
family farms work with the environment, factories destroy it
Here in Illinois we are having the same problem. The factories and Corp Ag with backing from corrupt politicians are killing us slowly!
i grew up in Brothersvalley Township, on a farm, and our pigs were treated humanely. I find factory farming deplorable.
i am originally from Brothersvalley Township and hope these inhumane and environmentally destructive operations are kept out! I enjoy visiting family there and hope the land remains odor free.
I've lived in this township for 32 years and am amazed at what people will do to get richer at the expense of their neighbors. There are so many things people could do that would benefit the area instead of polluting and destroying our land.
This is one of the most disgusting excuses to ruin the environment Croners could come up with. Farmers, what a joke!
We know croners have money so they really don't give a rats ass if it offends surrounding neighbors . THEY don't have to live there !
Stop messing up the beautiful Somerset County.
Stop ruining our rural landscapes!
Don't build the pig farm so close to people's homes. No one wants to smell that everyday!! Move it away from The Brants home!!
No pig farm....
Please save our beautiful land. NO HOGS
Don't want CAFO here. Help us keep them away.
We have to stop them. I would like them to spend one day living the way these poor animals live and see if they like it. It's disgusting, and heartless. They are living creatures and they DO have feelings. Just imagine being stuck there just waiting to be butchered,day in day out with no love.
We need ordinances in this county to regulate these CAFO's. Now they have the right to devalue my property, to make me sick, to ruin my air and water and keep me from enjoying my yards with my grandkids. We need to change this.