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  1. KSfarmgirl says:

    Did you know that 98% of those livestock operations are family owned and operated?

    Free-range livestock's waste matter may get into the water supply, but almost all confinement operations have waste management programs. Thay may be as simple as a restricted lagoon, or more complicated with techniques for seperating liquids from solids. The liquids are pumped out and put onto crop fields for fertilizer (Which is a fantastic natural fertilzer! And manure application regulations are strict.) and the solids are used as compost. Seems pretty green to me.

    Folks over-fertilizing their yards, and having a rain event (or over-watering), and running into the sewers is a great way that pollutants are getting in the state waters.

    But let's pick on the hardworking family farmers, instead.

    1. Such pathetic nonsense. I see no point in even parsing through your ridiculously cherry-picked and duplicitous recitation of supposed "facts" if you can't edistinguish between a factory farm and a family farm. I'm surprised you can form a coherent sentence – what an obvious industry shill you are.

      1. Note – Nano comment was in reply to KSfarmgirl

    2. Please note that we are not talking about small family owned farms that are practicing sustainable, ethical and humane methods. CAFO's are inhumane, a burden to the environment and overall just disgusting and would be great if there weren't any. This is an example of a "family farm" that was doing things in a sustainable way as nature intended: http://www.bakersgreenacres.com/

      However, the state and industry lobbyist's are trying to essentially put this family and many like them out of business……so the Big Pork industry can continue to profit from their CAFO's. Perhaps you work at or know someone who is involved in some way to a CAFO, however you spin it, CAFO's are horrible.

    3. Elmer Stenger says:

      Anaerobic digestion of the waste not only, removes the stench, but produces valuable compost, eliminates toxic
      waste by heating, and produces methane (natural gas) without the problems associated with fracturing.

      It's a worthwhile investment for anyone with a litle extra money to invest. Think about it!

  2. organic dream says:

    Support your local organic farmers, raise your own, or don't eat meat.

  3. Truthbomber says:

    Dose up on reality: Woodstocksanctuary dot org

  4. Daniel Beck says:

    Just drive past a couple factory farms in California. Disgusting. I call them slave cows. There all sitting on top of one another all penned up and there’s nothing but open fields around them. Truley the most disgusting atmosphere to be in. Poor cows, I feel really badly for them.

  5. Fox Haven says:

    No such thing as humane slaughter.

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