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Here are some newsworthy articles for everyone to read. Please make your voice heard.
CAFO Freehttp://www.farmworldonline.com/News/NewsArticle.asp?newsid=9497
Animal ID http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/business/05livestock.html?scp=2&sq=nais&st=cse
School Lunch Safety
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-02-04-school-lunch_N.htm
We have a new concern - applying paper sludge to fields in Indiana. The sludge comes Illinois. Could Indiana become the dumping grounds of the US? This article has information on paper sludge and we are working on finding out more information. You might want to send IDEM this info. http://www.rfu.org/cacw/pollutionSludge4.htm Idaho - local control http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Dairy-Industry-Fights-Idaho-Counties-over-Controls/2010-02-11/Article.aspx?oid=986323
CAFO-more reason for financial assurance. What will the taxpayers end up paying in legal fees. It would be interesting to know how many hours the staff attorneys have devoted to this case. http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201002140317/NEWS01/2140327
Violations http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201002140317/NEWS01/2140328 Local Control - State Chemist http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100214/EDIT07/302149963/1021/EDIT
This is an excellent editorial on how we have lost local control--many citizens and organizations testified against the bill last year that has brought us to this end of local control.. Remember manure also fits in this law. http://www.isco.purdue.edu/index.html
Be sure and read the goals of the State Chemist Office.
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