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Lawsuit over farm manure disposal could also help remove pathogens from irrigation water

By Dan Flynn on September 14, 2023

Just a month ago, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected revisions to the Clean Water Act submitted in 2017 for more effective regulations of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).

In response, the San Francisco-based Center for…

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No quick or easy answers for using raw manure on food crops

By Cookson Beecher on May 30, 2018

Watch children’s first reactions at a dairy farm and you’ll see their hands quickly going up to their faces and their fingers pinching their nostrils shut.

“What’s that awful smell,” they’ll ask the farmer.

For…
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Is that the answer blowin’ in the wind, or pathogen drift?

By Cookson Beecher on April 26, 2016

“The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” — Bob Dylan

The question in the case of food safety is: “What’s blowing in the wind?”

Turns out it can be dangerous pathogens such…
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Raw manure on your fruits and veggies? FDA seeks comments

By Coral Beach on March 10, 2016

Federal officials want input on one of the loose ends they left dangling when they published the new produce safety rule this past fall — the use of raw manure in fresh produce growing operations.
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Managing ‘Black Gold’: Animal Manure and Antibiotic Resistance

By Cookson Beecher on November 9, 2015

Many farmers refer to manure as “black gold” and rightly so because it adds nutrients to the soil, which helps crops grow and be more productive.

In earlier times, before the advent of synthetic fertilizers…

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The Down and Dirty on Manure and Food Safety

By Phillip Tocco on March 6, 2015

(This article by Phillip Tocco of Michigan State University Extension was first published here on March 4, 2015, and is reposted with permission.) Manure can be a significant benefit to growing fresh produce or a…
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WA Dairies in Violation of Environmental Protection Laws, Court Rules

By News Desk on January 16, 2015

A summary judgment has been awarded to the plaintiffs in lawsuits against four industrial dairies in the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington state for violations of environmental protection laws. The Community Association for Restoration of…
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