Jefferson County members stop factory farm expansion

We have some good news for you!

Local factory farm owner Ryan Roberts officially withdrew his plans to expand his KK Finishers - Penn Township - factory farm site. 

This win comes after a month of hard work. Members worked together to organize opposition, expose the problems with his plan and move the county supervisors to ultimately vote to deny the site.

Here is just some of what local Iowa CCI members did:

• In December we had great attendance at the first public hearing with the supervisors on the two proposed Robertson factory farm sites.

• We got the County Supervisors to re-score the matrix for one of the sites based on problems we identified.

• We held a meeting with top DNR officials who agreed to look into our concerns about "double dipping"  on  their manure management plans on the Brighton Finisher site.

• The supervisors listened to us and removed "points" on the matrix application for Robertson's KK Finishers site, essentially ensuring that the application will be rejected.

Working with all of you in Jefferson County has really reminded me of what I love about Iowa CCI - everyday people, refusing to sit back and let things happen.

That, paired with the organizing assistance and research assistance members get from our staff, is a powerful force that can't be beaten!

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement has a long history of working with local communities, like yours, to stop factory farm construction and working at the state and national level to put people and our environment before factory farm polluters.