CAFOs
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Idaho bill would protect farms CAFOs from nuisance suits- There hardly worse news for a small farm, village, residential, or wildlife area than a giant confined animal feeding operation is coming in. Can it be stopped? In almost every state, but Idaho especially, this happens again and again. Usually the CAFO, flush with money and…
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Mexican CAFOs are an excellent mixing bowl for new flu viruses- Well it looks like we’re in for some fun and games with a novel strain of influenza. Hopefully it won’t kill too many of us, and maybe a lesson will be learned (don’t count on either). There is a lengthy article on this in…
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Large feedlots, a.k.a. CAFOs, have become the bane of southern Idaho, polluting the water (as told by this story) and the air. . . . hold your nose as you travel about 150 miles of Interstate 80 across southern Idaho. Feedlot agrees to pay fine to settle Clean Water Act violations. Idaho Statesman. Oh, for…