Comments on: WE’RE SAVED http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/ Life and law in Eastern Indiana Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:17:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tracy Thurman http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-447 Tracy Thurman Tue, 16 May 2006 13:38:27 +0000 http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-447 We in Grant County, In. are in for a fight! Anyone in Grant County who thinks these CAFO's are a good idea need to inform themselves of what theses FACTORY farms consist of because once they are built there is NO going back. If you think that CAFO is miles from me just wait there will be one in your back yard and you'll be saying "I wish I had done something before this happened!" These are NOT your "family" dairy farm, what's 220 cows opposed to CAFO's 2200!!! A LOT more manure, dead animals, flies and rodents then you ever thought could exsist!!! We in Grant County, In. are in for a fight! Anyone in Grant County who thinks these CAFO’s are a good idea need to inform themselves of what theses FACTORY farms consist of because once they are built there is NO going back. If you think that CAFO is miles from me just wait there will be one in your back yard and you’ll be saying “I wish I had done something before this happened!” These are NOT your “family” dairy farm, what’s 220 cows opposed to CAFO’s 2200!!! A LOT more manure, dead animals, flies and rodents then you ever thought could exsist!!!

]]> By: Pila http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-439 Pila Mon, 15 May 2006 20:34:27 +0000 http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-439 Cathy: So sorry to hear about your situation! I hope that you are successful in blocking the CAFO. I really think that the state is taking advantage of the fact that most, if not all, counties do not have sufficient regulations in place to deny CAFO permits or slow the proliferation of factory farms throughout the state. All we have to go by is what IDEM says, and it is pretty clear that they aren't about to deny any CAFO permits. I don't know how it helps the state to turn it into one large manure lagoon sprinkled with a few metro areas. Thanks to Thomas Kemp for this blog. I have not seen any *comprehensive* mainstream press stories on the proliferation of CAFO's in Indiana. Cathy:

So sorry to hear about your situation! I hope that you are successful in blocking the CAFO.

I really think that the state is taking advantage of the fact that most, if not all, counties do not have sufficient regulations in place to deny CAFO permits or slow the proliferation of factory farms throughout the state. All we have to go by is what IDEM says, and it is pretty clear that they aren’t about to deny any CAFO permits.

I don’t know how it helps the state to turn it into one large manure lagoon sprinkled with a few metro areas.

Thanks to Thomas Kemp for this blog. I have not seen any *comprehensive* mainstream press stories on the proliferation of CAFO’s in Indiana.

]]> By: Cathy Thurman http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-436 Cathy Thurman Mon, 15 May 2006 14:20:35 +0000 http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-436 Hurray Pila! I also am convinced that our elected officials are doing what they can to run us out of our rural or semi-rural homes. Indiana needs to tighten up the laws for ag facilities - let's include air, odor, nuisance, pest and rodent control in these CAFO applications - If the one in Grant County gets in, we won't be able to leave our home. With a manure lagoon right outside our back door (literally!) who'd want to buy our home? Hurray Pila! I also am convinced that our elected officials are doing what they can to run us out of our rural or semi-rural homes.

Indiana needs to tighten up the laws for ag facilities - let’s include air, odor, nuisance, pest and rodent control in these CAFO applications -

If the one in Grant County gets in, we won’t be able to leave our home. With a manure lagoon right outside our back door (literally!) who’d want to buy our home?

]]> By: Pila http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-410 Pila Thu, 11 May 2006 20:35:37 +0000 http://www.kemplog.com/2006/05/10/were-saved/#comment-410 I'm convinced that the current state administration is doing everything it can to make rural and semi-rural areas less desirable places to live. Guess we should all move to Indianapolis. Or maybe just move on out of the state to locations that place importance on clean water, conserving natural resources, etc. I'm almost ashamed to be a Hoosier. Or at least, I don't know how much longer I can stand to live in Indiana. I’m convinced that the current state administration is doing everything it can to make rural and semi-rural areas less desirable places to live. Guess we should all move to Indianapolis. Or maybe just move on out of the state to locations that place importance on clean water, conserving natural resources, etc.

I’m almost ashamed to be a Hoosier. Or at least, I don’t know how much longer I can stand to live in Indiana.

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