Randolph County Stink gets Notice of National Group
The Center for Rural Affairs, a nonprofit focusing on issues that impact the quality of life in rural areas and the plight of small family farming operations has picked up on the trend of mega corporate hog operations migrating to areas of the country with the fewest protection for local citizens, focusing on the situation in Randolph County: coverage:
Local residents have expressed concern that Indiana is encouraging corporate hog operations to move from North Carolina, where state policies have curtailed the dramatic expansion of corporate hog production in North Carolina that occurred in the 1990’s.Randolph County’s planning commission has voted against several CAFO ordinances. But local concerned citizens believe that the tide may be turning in favor of endorsing regulations for hog farms, due to the recent dramatic influx of hog operations.
“Before, the only thing the plan commission could see was the [first] dairy…what came to light…is a much bigger scheme,” said Randolph County resident Robbie Davis.
