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EPA likely will have to speak up on CAFOs

By Dan Flynn on October 27, 2022

They’ve many years invested and their latest legal arguments ran 198 pages, but Food and Water Watch and their many allies wanted something pretty simple.

They wanted the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth…

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The pressure put on EPA over ‘factory farms’

By Dan Flynn on July 21, 2022

A letter sent Tuesday to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan urges him to unleash EPA’s powers on so-called “factory farms.” The letter is signed by 218 known and unknown groups.

The many groups want…

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Report shows reasons for concern about animal operations near produce

By News Desk on June 11, 2021

In a new report, the FDA continues to express concerns about farm animal operations close by and adjacent to produce growing fields, specifically peach orchards this time.

The report, released June 11, outlines data from…
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FDA has big hopes for outbreak research with new water protocols

By Coral Beach on July 31, 2020

The FDA’s big news is that there is now an EPA-approved protocol for developing pathogen treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water. The agency’s nagging news is that its inspectors still can’t collect water or any other…
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Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields

By Coral Beach on July 31, 2019

Along with feedlot dust blowing in the wind and surface irrigation water flowing adjacent to feedlots, flies captured in leafy greens plots near feedlots are capable of transferring E. coli from animal operations to produce…
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3-year old break for medium-sized CAFOs gets challenged in D.C. court

By Dan Flynn on March 27, 2019

Animal and environmental organizations, joined by several rural community activists, want a U.S. District Court judge to strike down Obama-era regulations that give a break to smaller mid-sized concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

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Non-profit consumer group calls for action; cites increase in food recalls

By Coral Beach on January 18, 2019

Likening a trip to the grocery store to shooting craps, a consumer watchdog group is reporting that data from the U.S. government shows food recalls are on an upward trend, which the advocates say could…
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Bigger buffers between leafy greens and CAFOs ready for new growing season

By Dan Flynn on October 30, 2018

The leafy green growing season around Yuma, AZ is about to get underway and there will be one difference from last year. This year, the buffer zone between concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs,…
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