County board learns limits of managing large-scale livestock operations
County board learns limits of managing large-scale livestock operations Burnett County, the home of several St. Croix River tributaries, receives recommendations to regulate industrial agriculture. Hog CAFO, North Carolina (Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper|Flickr) Howard Pahl lives in the rural township of Trade Lake, Wisc., which he’s called home since 1978. He’s one of only a few; the 36-square mile township is home to just 823 people. Most of the township and its residents are downwind of a proposed industrial swine facility that has put them on defense. Pahl spoke to the Burnett County ...
Source: stcroix360.com