Comments on: Indiana’s CAFO Moritorium

By: mark laymon

mark laymon — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:29:15 +0000

we have a 10,000 hog factory waiting to pass the area planning commission and we have appealed ti!
what areas of counter-attack do we have as far as hard data and documentation that we can use against these cafo’s?
thanks
mark

By: Tom and Lana Arnold

Tom and Lana Arnold — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:48:30 +0000

We are on the web searching CAFO’s in Indiana. We live in Ohio and are going to relocate in the near future. We are relocating because a 2500 hog CAFO moved in next door to us. The family farm of 35+ years does not mean anything to the Ohio Dept. of Ag or the man from The Netherlands that came in last year. We are going to sell (we hope) before the CAFO increases to 6700 hogs. The stench of 2500 hogs is bad, but I do not want to wait to see the stench of 6700 hogs. We were here first, but we will not be the last. Unfortunately, it looks like we need to be careful in relocating to Indiana. At least the politicians in Indiana are trying to accomplish something to help people like us, where Ohio is not helped us at all. The local level has been stripped of any say so in the matter. It appears the pork industry rules in Ohio, not the politicians.

By: Pat Gerrich

Pat Gerrich — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:43:51 +0000

My heart goes out to everyone that has had to put up with one of these abominations. No one should have to leave their home or put up with the stink, etc. I guess people aren’t paying attention to what has happened in other states.They keep saying they are good stewards of the land. Greed is talking here. Little farmers are being run out. Those are the good stewards of the land. In my opinion the Governor and any CAFO owner should have to live next to one. I can bet that would solve our problem right away. I don’t want our state to be known as the cesspool state. Now, they are saying these CAFOs are a contributer to global warming. How about that? Down the road, our good drinking water will be gone. The road ahead does not look too bright.

By: Michael Faries

Michael Faries — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:47:51 +0000

Thank you Jane for your comments. After 10 years of living peacefully with and in support the crop farmers and the wonderful environment in which we chose to make our home, our property, our home, and our lives were destroyed instantly by a cfo. Our cherished creek is now just a filthy, stinking ditch! We cannot even get a realtor to list us. They all shake their heads and say,”You’ll never sell it.” And why should we have to? Its our home! And because we objected to this place and reported their constant felony crimes, we are gleefully harassed by remembers of the industry. There is nothing they can do for which the prosecutor will hold them responsible. Sending them the message that they can do ANYTHING they want to us with impunity! They call us up and cuss us out. They drive by our home, stop, get out and drop their pants. We have it on tape! Pig lover, how do you live with yourself?

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:12:48 +0000

This is for “pig lover”. In response to ,”No-one is forced to live next to a CAFO. They have the option to move if they don’t like it.”
First, the option to move is no longer an option after a CAFO moves in. Large CAFO reduce property values anywhere between 20-70%. Houses have been for sale for YEARS, due to the stink that CAFO’s make.
Second, large CAFO’s come in and contaminate their neighbors water and air and dry up neighboring wells.
Third, What gives the CAFO owners the right to
Depreciate property values within 2 miles of them?
Fourth, most large CAFO owners live more than two miles from their farms, where the destruction of water, clean air are not around their homes. They are making PLENTY of money to provide for their families.
Fifth, ” Let them live their own lives and mind your own busines!!” What about the neighbors trying to live their own lives? Before a large CAFO moves in, there were not 500 flies on the inside of their cars, empty wells, UNBEARABLE STENCH, the ability to be able to sell their homes for what they are worth. Cafo neighbors ARE trying to live their own lives but are being put in horrendous situations. When will the LARGE CAFO owners ever have ENOUGH MONEY to be satisfied? They make their money at the expense and disregaurd of other human beings?

By: pig lover

pig lover — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:05:15 +0000

No-one is forced to live next to a CAFO. They have the option to move if they don’t like it. I’m sure the person trying to put in a CAFO was there long before any of the neighbors moved there. What gives you the right to tell them what they can and cannot do for a living! Do they tell you what you can do for a living? Let them live their own lives and mind your own busines!!

By: Michael Faries

Michael Faries — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:06:46 +0000

Another bill on the table, SB 173, sponsored by Senator Jackman who, if I’m not mistaken, owns one of these operations, (Requires a court to award reasonable costs and attorney’s fees to an agricultural or industrial operation that successfully defends a nuisance action.)

This after another of his bills (that immunized agricultural operations when they changed from smaller part-time affairs to bigger full-time affairs, defining that not to be a “significant change.”)

By: Michael Faries

Michael Faries — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:09:43 +0000

I am sorry to report that SENATE BILL No. 447 is not on ‘CONFINED’ but ‘CONCENTRATED’ animal feeding operations, a division incorporated by the state. These are the larger factory farms and it (the bill) leaves the smaller operations to multiply freely and continue to destroy the environment and the homes and lives of anyone around them.

Meanwhile SENATE BILL No.431, authored by Senator Gard will remove the threat of serious criminal charges for the crimes of these so-called farms against the people, the environment, or the state.