Iowa DNR issues 110 "emergency exemptions" to factory farms. Compared to zero in the last three years, members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement are worried about what this means for Iowa's water crisis.

3/11/19 3/11/19

Campaign for Family Farms & the Environment

3/7/19 3/7/19

Strict requirements on assistance hurt the poor

3/5/19 3/5/19

$4.5 million public dollars in Iowa go to subsidizing factory farms

According to fiscal services at the Iowa State Capitol, counties are losing at least $4.5 million dollars in revenue through property tax exemptions to the factory farm industry. Factory farms are benefiting from a tax law loophole that makes their manure pits exempt from property taxation.

2/27/19 2/27/19

Rep. Dean Fisher singlehandedly holds up a factory farm moratorium bill

2/19/19 2/19/19

What is the Green New Deal and how do we use it as an organizing tool?

2/14/19 2/14/19

70 Organizations Call on Iowa’s Legislature to Support Sweeping Proposal for a Moratorium on Iowa Factory Farms

Today, a coalition of 70 environmental, community and agricultural organizations called on Iowa’s General Assembly to advance a legislative proposal for a moratorium on new and expanding factory farms in the state. View the full sign on letter here.

2/12/19 2/12/19

CFPB's New Leader Helps Out Payday Lenders: The Fox is Guarding the Hen House

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing to gut its own rules designed to protect consumers from predatory lenders. Thankfully we can still make our voices heard.