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by Mark Bellinger RED BOILING SPRINGS, Tenn.- The man known as the “Barefoot Farmer” is fighting to keep chicken houses away from his organic farm. Jeff Poppen may have already lost the first battle. Construction has already started just a few hundred feet from his back door and he fears the houses could kill his…

[The EPA admits freely the potential dangers of CAFOs in this short, concise statement.  –Alan] How Do CAFOs Impact the Environment? Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are facilities where large numbers of poultry, swine, cattle or other animal types are confined within a much smaller area than traditional pasture operations. The concentration of the wastes…

Report Jul 26, 2011 Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture Contact: Dave Bard, 202.778.4551 & Jamie Shor, 202.339.9598 Related Resources Press Release Videos: Broilers and the Chesapeake Polluting Poultry in the Chesapeake Photo Gallery Broiler chickens (raised for their meat) are produced by the millions in industrial facilities concentrated in just a handful of states, and much…

Dec. 6, 2011 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111206/NEWS21/312060047/Haslam-Speed-up-chicken-farm-permits?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s   FRANKLIN — Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday that his administration is trying to speed up the time it takes for poultry farms to get environmental permits. The Republican governor said after a speech to the Farm Bureau that his goal is for the state to strike the “right balance between…

We are starting a non-profit (501 c-3) to raise money for our legal and PR battles.  We need someone to run this organization, with the primary responsibility being the collection of and accounting for donations. We also need a PR team, and while there will surely be room for inexperienced people with a desire to…