What's causing cancer in rural Southeast Minnesota?
Groundwater contamination is one main suspect. A combination of efforts at the federal and state level could alleviate the problem, but the results might not be immediate, say experts.
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Groundwater contamination is one main suspect. A combination of efforts at the federal and state level could alleviate the problem, but the results might not be immediate, say experts.
The November 9 JFAN Annual Meeting, Bigger Is Not Better: Rural Communities in the Wake of Livestock Consolidation, was a great success. A total of over 500 people either participated in the meeting or viewed the recording now on the JFAN YouTube channel. Check out the all-star panel: "Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the…
Bigger Is Not Better: Rural Communities In the Wake of Livestock Consolidation Online Event by Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. - JFAN Public · Registration link https://bit.ly/3tD6xIr Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m. The livestock industry is heavily consolidated. Just four companies control a disproportionate 67% of the pork, 73% of the beef and…
"The problems we're experiencing in Dodge County are problems that are being faced in community after community in rural America," said a member of Dodge County Concerned Citizens, one of the petitioners in the case.