Factory Farms Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/factory-farms/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:32:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.2 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Factory Farms Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/factory-farms/ 32 32 114651131 PRN helps residents fight another factory farm https://prairierivers.org/articles/2015/01/prn-helps-residents-fight-another-factory-farm/ Thu, 15 Jan 2015 19:30:18 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=17502 Prairie Rivers Network is helping yet another group of residents who have joined together to oppose the construction of a hog factory farm in their community. The residents live in Menard County, home to Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site. The proposed 9,300-hog facility would be located about 5 miles west of the historic site […]

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]]> 17502 IDOA approves factory farm over local objections https://prairierivers.org/articles/2014/11/idoa-approves-factory-farm-over-local-objections/ Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:09:31 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=17320 Save Our Sandy continues to fight this mega-hog operation. Despite local objections, another large hog operation has been approved for construction by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Local Marshall County residents fear their new neighbor will pollute nearby beautiful Sandy Creek and foul the air with unbearable odors. For months Prairie Rivers Network has been […]

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]]> 17320 A rural paradise lost https://prairierivers.org/articles/2014/11/a-rural-paradise-lost/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:00:18 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=17275 David Leifheit once lived on “a little slice of heaven” in Ogle County, about halfway between the churning metropolis of Chicago and the muddy waters of the Mississippi River, Illinois’ western border. He proudly maintained the home he built himself on his mother’s ancestral land – land homesteaded by his great-great-grandparents over 150 years ago. The house sat at the edge […]

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]]> 17275 Prairie Rivers Network Releases Documentary and Petition on Illinois Factory Farms https://prairierivers.org/articles/2014/06/prairie-rivers-network-releases-documentary-and-petition-on-illinois-factory-farms/ Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:39:03 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=16701 “From the very beginning of the hog facility, we started experiencing, there is no other word to describe it but gut-wrenching odors that could just wake you up out of a dead sleep.”   This line kicks off our new documentary on the harmful impacts that Illinois factory farms can have on rural communities. The […]

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]]> 16701 Marshall County Board Votes Against Massive Hog Factory Farm https://prairierivers.org/articles/2014/05/marshall-county-board-votes-against-massive-hog-factory-farm/ Mon, 12 May 2014 15:33:36 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=16525 On May 8, the Marshall County Board voted 11-1 against the construction of a proposed hog factory farm. Members of Save Our Sandy were elated by the vote, which surely reflected their months of grassroots activism. The proposed Sandy Creek Lane facility would house almost 20,000 hogs on a few acres near Sandy Creek, a […]

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