Randolph County: CAFO Central
Chairman Mike Wickersham, who favors the establishment of restrictions on CAFOs, will appoint members representing both sides of the issue to a joint committee. The so-far unnamed committee will include representatives of the livestock industry, the planning commission and those concerned about the environmental repercussions of these farms.
That group could follow a path proposed by Clyde Shaffer Jr., a pork producer, and Wendy Carpenter, a member of ECCRC. They laid out a proposal that includes the creation of a group that would visit each proposed CAFO site in the county and make a recommendation about each site.
Cathy Flatter, executive director of the planning commission said the fact that Shaffer and Carpenter have come up with a plan is “a major breakthrough.”
Link (Article by Joy Leiker at the Star Press).
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