Category Archives: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

AN ACRID AIR – 2,000,000 CHICKENS HEADED FOR JAY COUNTY

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

Imagine living beside a factory farm with 2,000,000 plus chickens.  That is what neighbors in Jay County are facing if an Ohio man has his way.  Keith Boeckman of Hoosier Pride Farms has applied for a permit through the Indiana … Continue reading →

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DANIELS NEXT MOVE – DESTRUCTION OF INDIANA’S FORESTS

Posted on May 29, 2009 by

In 2005 the Dynamic Duo of Daniels and Skillman put out its “Possibilities Unbound” plan which sets out guidelines to the destruction of our state’s environment.  Here is that portion of the Plan of Destruction that deals with Indiana’s best … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture and Food Production, Biofuels, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Industrial farms, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

PANIC OVER PUPPY MILLS – CALLOUSNESS OVER CAFOS

Posted on May 5, 2009 by

Labeling is everything.  Recently, the Indiana legislature wound itself up over “puppy mill” legislation this session, but no one seemed to give a second thought to the treatment of animals that bear the label of  “here for your eating pleasure.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Cruelty to Animals, Industrial farms | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

CAFO LEGISLATION MOVES OUT OF COMMITTEES

Posted on February 21, 2009 by

Maybe this will be the year the General Assembly decides to watch out for environmental interests rather than pork producers.  Several bills have been introduced this legislative session which attempt to regulate Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).  In years past, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Cruelty to Animals, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Mitch Daniels, Republicans, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

DANIELS CONTINUES ASSAULT ON INDIANA’S ENVIRONMENT

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

The Little Emporer and two of his supporters – House Representative Phyllis Pond of New Haven and Senator Dennis Kruse of Auburn – have once again come up with an idea to assault Indiana’s environment.   House Bill 1047 – submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Indiana, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

CAFOs DAMAGE WATER QUALITY IN THE ST. MARYS RIVER

Posted on January 17, 2009 by

In general, a Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) is a very large Confined Feeding Operation (CFO)  that requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination (NPDES) System for discharges or potential discharges of water contamination. However, any animal production unit, regardless of … Continue reading →

Posted in Clean Water Act, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Cruelty to Animals, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Soil Pollution, St. Marys River, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

DANIELS REMOVES ENFORCEMENT UNIT OF THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Posted on December 26, 2008 by

Building on his reputation for being a friend of big business and a not-so-good friend of the environment,  Daniels has decided that the environmental management division can manage just fine without an enforcement division.  In his “Possibilities Unbound Plan” of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Indiana, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

GREAT LAKES REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIR GOES TO MITCH DANIELS – WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

Posted on December 14, 2008 by

Okay – what were those governors thinking? Or whoever it was that was responsible for selecting a chair for the Great Lakes Compact regional council? Mitch Daniels as the chair is the classic fox guarding the chicken coop. And for … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Pollution, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

BRADTMUELLER CAFO CONNIVANCE

Posted on August 26, 2008 by

So another CAFO is on its way to Allen County, and it will not be stopped. Certainly the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) will not stop it, for its only role is to rubber-stamp those applications that are received … Continue reading →

Posted in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Pollution | Tagged , , , , | 21 Comments

CAFO MANURE SPILL KILLS THOUSANDS OF FISH

Posted on August 8, 2008 by

The Little Mississinewa River near Union City, Indiana, will lose upward of 40,000 fish as a result of a manure spill from a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) hog operation. The spill, or more accurately a “wash-off”, occurred this past … Continue reading →

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