Have your supervisors passed the Master Matrix for 2018?
It’s Master Matrix time again! Seventy-three counties have passed the Master Matrix Resolution so far — which they must do every year by January 31 in order to recommend denial of factory farms. Has your county taken this important step in the Clean W …
Another victory for Hardin County!
January 4, 2017 At the tail end of 2017, CCI members in Hardin County successfully pressured their county supervisors to vote 2-1 to deny an Iowa Select hog factory expansion! This happened because the community showed up, spoke out and got organized. …
You’ve made waves for clean water in 2017!
At our staff meeting yesterday we watched the video of the time CCI members caroled the Iowa DNR office with our own version of classic holiday songs. That prompted us to send you this — our version of a holiday letter, Clean Water, Factory Farm Fight …
Hardin County delays Iowa Select expansion
Victory! We haven’t stopped the Iowa Select factory farm yet but it’s safe to say that we planted enough doubt in the Hardin County Supervisors minds that they delayed their decision until Wednesday, December 27 @ 10am.
Opponents of Walz Factory Farm pack DNR public hearing
December 1, 2017 On Wednesday before, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) held a public hearing for a stormwater construction permit for a massive Walz Energy 10,000-head cattle factory farm near Monona. The meeting standing-room-only and wa …