In late October we put out a call for you to write letters to the editor to help advance our narrative around factory farming and the environment. We want to make sure our legislators hear loud and clear that:
- Farming practices that protect our water should be mandatory – voluntary compliance does not work.
- Big Ag polluters (like Cargill, Prestage, Farm Bureau, and Monsanto) must pay to clean up the water quality mess they’ve created – not taxpayers.
- Every factory farm in Iowa needs a Clean Water Act permit, meaningful inspections, and tough fines and penalties when violations occur.
- Iowa needs a factory farm moratorium now!
Wow! You knocked it out of the park. Check out these spot-on letters that were submitted by CCI members from around the state.
DNR’s changes to factory farm rules is wrong – Joyce Bollhoefer – Marshalltown Times Republican
CAFO regulations need changing – Tom Willett – Mason City Globe Gazette
EPC changes will make water quality worse – Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts – Des Moines Register
How, exactly, will sales tax improve water quality? – Erich Riesenberg – Des Moines Register
To Branstad: put moratorium on new hog confinements – Eric Wessels – Des Moines Register
Branstad, Republican-controlled legislature are Iowa’s ruin – Jim Walters – Iowa City Press Citizen
This is one way we can shift the narrative and it’s not to late to add your name to the list of letter writers!
- Submit a letter to the editor to your local paper and send a copy to jess@iowacci.org.
- Let us know if there’s a letter that we missed. Send an email to jess@iowacci.org
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