Guardians recently testified against the Pine River Valley mega chicken laying facility in an attempt to prevent the facility from being built on a "sole source aquifer."
The Dept. of Agriculture and local governments are limiting their notification to local citizens when it comes to conducting public hearings on mega animal facility. Local residents in the Spencerville area did not know that the Dept. of Agriculture was about to approve an 2.2 million chicken laying facility in their area.
Why is the Kasich Administration continuing to approve more and more animals in the Grand Lake St. Marys and the Lake Erie watersheds when the manure pollution from local farms are destroying these lakes?
The current administration cares very little about the economic woes they are creating for local areas but more importantly putting the public health at risk so that local farmers can make a few more dollars of profit. We need a "Do No Harm to the Environment" policy with every CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) application. Frankly, there should be a ban on any additional animals put in the Grand Lake St. Marys watershed until the lake is cleaned up.
Agribusiness in Ohio rules state and local government with total disregard for the health and safety of Ohio citizens. People need to start complaining to the Governor's office about the poor administration by the Dept. of Agriculture regarding these mega animal facilities.
What will it take for these officials to get serious about cleaning up our lake? Most people believe it will be when someone dies from the pollution (if they aren't already). Where is the christian values in continuing an agriculture policy that encourage the destruction of people's health, their local economy and the State's natural resources?
Greed is killing Ohio's waterways and local and state officials don't care. There should be a new policy approach to CAFOs of "do no harm."
The Dept. of Agriculture and local governments are limiting their notification to local citizens when it comes to conducting public hearings on mega animal facility. Local residents in the Spencerville area did not know that the Dept. of Agriculture was about to approve an 2.2 million chicken laying facility in their area.
Why is the Kasich Administration continuing to approve more and more animals in the Grand Lake St. Marys and the Lake Erie watersheds when the manure pollution from local farms are destroying these lakes?
The current administration cares very little about the economic woes they are creating for local areas but more importantly putting the public health at risk so that local farmers can make a few more dollars of profit. We need a "Do No Harm to the Environment" policy with every CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) application. Frankly, there should be a ban on any additional animals put in the Grand Lake St. Marys watershed until the lake is cleaned up.
Agribusiness in Ohio rules state and local government with total disregard for the health and safety of Ohio citizens. People need to start complaining to the Governor's office about the poor administration by the Dept. of Agriculture regarding these mega animal facilities.
What will it take for these officials to get serious about cleaning up our lake? Most people believe it will be when someone dies from the pollution (if they aren't already). Where is the christian values in continuing an agriculture policy that encourage the destruction of people's health, their local economy and the State's natural resources?
Greed is killing Ohio's waterways and local and state officials don't care. There should be a new policy approach to CAFOs of "do no harm."