Sunday Catch Up
Well, catch up is about all I can do, at this point. My priority list has not gotten down to blog now so far this week, But I would like to note some key storylines:
CAFO Issues:
Residents Oppose Location of Large Dairy was the title of the Journal & Courtier article from Wednesday, covering the 3,500 head dairy in Carroll County. Another CAFO going into a county with no local regulation of CAFO’s, so local residents are feeling left out of the decision making process as no local approval for the dairy is required, and IDEM already issued the permit.
Moving along, Kpaul over at Muncie Free Press put up links to pending and granted CAFO permits around the state over here. The only way to have a voice in the permitting process for operations in your region is to know about them, so be sure to check the links out. Kpaul, in addition to keeping people informed on the permitting process, is also attending CAFO related hearings and meetings, collecting audio and video, so stay tuned to the Free Press for future CAFO coverage. Kpaul also turns us on to a new website focused on CAFO’s coming to Madison County: NoMadCoCAFO.com, a site somehow connected to the Concerned Citizens of Elwood.
I had never heard of Heartwood before, but it is a Midwestern organization focused on advocating for the preservation of forests in the Midwest. I learned of it through the CAFO issue as the group’s annual gathering spot in Orange County, Indiana is now facing the installation of a hog CAFO nearby: Heartwood.Alerts .
Local Podcasting:
Last week, I noted that local tech baron Chris Hardie has started podcasting his reaction to local (i.e. Richmond/Wayne County) news items over at the Richmond News Review. Chris pointed out to me this morning that the Earlham professor now trapped in Lebanon that he covered on his show July 16, 2006, ended up on the front page of today’s Pal-Item. Coincidence? Or is the local press listening? It would be interesting if Chris provided the lead for that story to the paper.
Chris called me this morning for an interview on the subject of my blogging the CAFO issue. So if you want to hear some of my reflections on my experiences in discussing this issue in this format, tune in to Chris’s show. It should be up later today. Chris is really putting a lot into his shows, and continues to crank out a high quality product. Sitting around listening to my computer is not something I do habitually, so I have pretty much missed the whole podcasting revolution. Chris’s show has given me the push to at least fire up the audio once a week.
