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Home Grown Colorado

http://homegrowncolorado.blogspot.com

Exploring new ways to grow food, eat locally, strengthen community and support the local economy in Colorado.

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New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks 'Manure War'

ECO-CAN News | December 11th 2009 by Stan

The picture on many milk cartons shows cows grazing on a pasture next to a country barn and a silo — but the reality is very different. More and more milk comes from confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), where large herds live in feedlo read more

DENR Cites Manure Violations at Millner Veblen Dairies

Madville Times | November 22nd 2009 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Factory feedlot owner Rick Millner continues to break the rules, threaten the environment, and blame everyone but himself. After flagrant and repeated environmental violations at his CAFOs in Minnesota, Millner's two cattle concentration camps in the read more

Free Range Pastured Animals, please!

The Skinny Online | November 13th 2009 by Lisa Sargese

 "Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) are agricultural operations where animals are kept and raised in confined situations. AFOs congregate animals, feed, manure and urine, dead animals, and production operations on a small land area. Feed is brou read more

H1N1 Flu and Pork Production Connection Raised By Jonathan Safran…

TakePart Social Action Network | November 10th 2009 by Adriana Dunn

kevinhutchinson's Flickr photostream/Creative Commons The vaccine for the H1N1 virus has received quite a bit of attention lately, however, important questions remain unattended about the origins of the vicious strain and the likely possibility t read more

Food, Inc: An Eye-Opener

Simply Me: A Year of Eating Locally, Mindfully, Simply | November 1st 2009 by Wendy

As part of the quest to educate myself on how our food choices affect others, I watched Food, Inc. today. The movie touched me more than I thought it would. I’ve seen SuperSize Me, I’ve driven by CAFOs, I’m vaguely aware of the environmental is read more

Vote No on Issue 2

Liberty Farm | October 20th 2009

This is from the OEFFA website:Here are the real facts about Issue 2:-- Issue 2 would create a Livestock Care Standards Board, stacked with Big Ag and factory farm supporters, which would have sweeping authority to make decisions related to farms and read more

You Are What You Eat? Actually, You Are What THEY Eat.

Apple Guardians | September 28th 2009 by Amanda

When many people think of farm animals, they picture cattle munching grass on rolling pastures, chickens pecking on the ground outside of picturesque red barns, and pigs gobbling down food at the trough.  Over the last 50 years, the way food read more

CAFOs — An Unregulated Assault on the Air & Water

Animal Blawg | September 17th 2009 by dnc-1

David Cassuto Today’s NYT does a good job of describing the environmental and human health crisis wrought by CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations).  It does a less good job of describing the horrendous conditions imposed on the animals thus c read more

EPA to “get tough” on Chesapeake Bay cleanup?

EASY BEING GREENer | September 11th 2009 by Mary Ann

Can this really be true?Yesterday, the EPA announced new proposals to accelerate the long-stalled cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay. They are admitting that "existing tools, programs, authorities and resources have been insufficient" to improve the bay's read more

Dr. Susan Wynn speaks on the AVMA and H.R. 1549 and S. 619

Bandit's Buddies | August 27th 2009 by Robin Sockness

AVMA and the use of antibiotics in food animalsSusan Wynn, DVMMy professional association, the AVMA, has come out opposing the passage of H.R. 1549 and S. 619, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA). The bills aim to ban th read more

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