Iowa’s Impaired Waters List Jumps to 750
April 14, 2017 Today, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released its bi-annual impaired waters report required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report found that out of...
View ArticleWe’re going on offense to crack down on factory farms
Now is the time to strengthen the Master Matrix. This tool is supposed to provide better community and environmental protections from factory farm pollution – but that hasn’t happened. Instead, the...
View ArticleWe filed for stronger factory farm rules!
July 19, 2017. Yesterday, we went on offense for clean water. Iowa CCI and Food & Water Watch filed a petition with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to strengthen factory farm rules!...
View ArticleLivestock law changes needed to balance scale of justice
by Mark A. Kuhn, courtesy The Des Moines Register As one of 12 legislators who drafted the bill in 2002 that created the Master Matrix, a current member of the Floyd County Board of Supervisors tasked...
View ArticleDNR passes buck, recommends denial of petition to strengthen factory farm rules
Last week, we learned that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recommending denial of the formal rulemaking petition filed by Iowa CCI and Food & Water Watch to finally strengthen the...
View ArticleState panel denies petition to strengthen environmental protections
The Environmental Protection Commission denies petition to strengthen the factory farm permitting process Videography courtesy Rodger Routh Des Moines, IA – Today at its monthly meeting, the...
View ArticleIowa Select withdraws two factory farm applications ahead of environmental...
Iowa CCI members, residents in Clay and Wayne counties celebrate and demand moratorium on new factories Des Moines, Iowa – On Monday, Iowa CCI members and everyday Iowans celebrated as Iowa Select —...
View ArticleHappy 45th birthday to the Clean Water Act!
Water is life! That’s why we need the Clean Water Act. Today, we celebrate its 45th birthday by continuing the fight for full enforcement. Did you know that factory farms — one of biggest sources of...
View ArticleWhile public calls for moratorium, 19 new factory farms coming to North...
Onslaught of new factory farm applications Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI) in eight Iowa counties this week caught wind of at least 19 new pending factory farm...
View ArticleAttend a public hearing to stop Iowa Select
Iowa Select, the state’s largest hog corporation, wants to build 19 new factory farms across Iowa. That’s nearly 90,000 more hogs producing an estimated 36.7 million gallons of manure – enough to fill...
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Hardin County delays Iowa Select expansion
Victory! We haven’t stopped the Iowa Select factory farm yet but it’s safe to say that we planted enough doubt in the Hardin County Supervisors minds that they delayed their decision until Wednesday,...
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You’ve made waves for clean water in 2017!
At our staff meeting yesterday we watched the video of the time CCI members caroled the Iowa DNR office with our own version of classic holiday songs. That prompted us to send you this — our version...
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Victory in Hardin County! Iowa Select withdraws factory farm application.
Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI) and the Hardin County community are celebrating yet another victory against Iowa’s largest factory farm producer, Iowa Select. Just...
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89 Iowa Counties Adopt Master Matrix Resolution for 2018
Once again, our members called on supervisors in all 99 Iowa counties to pass a resolution allowing them to use the Master Matrix. Supervisors in 89 counties responded to the call and passed the...
View ArticleStop Bruce Rastetter’s Factory Farm in Hamilton County!!
Bruce Rastetter has applied to build a 4,999 head factory farm about 2 miles North of Williams. This factory farm alone will add 1,642,172 gallons of manure into our watershed. Hamilton County already...
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Press Release: 100 people went to Iowa Select Headquarters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 15, 2018 CONTACT: Jess Mazour, 515-282-0484 or jess@iowacci.org One Hundred People Gather at Iowa Select Headquarters to Demand an End to Jeff Hansen’s Factory...
View ArticleTrump’s Bailout is a Band Aid
July 26, 2018 Statement from Campaign for Family Farms & the Environment (CFFE) on President Trump’s 7.26.18 visit to Iowa President Trump’s bailout is a Band Aid for a farm economy that is...
View ArticlePress statement: Iowa State Association of Counties joins statewide call for...
Contact: Jess Mazour, Community Organizer, 515-282-0484, jess@iowacci.org Des Moines, IA. – The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) legislative committee finalized their 2019 legislative...
View ArticleIowa DNR issues 110 “emergency exemptions” to factory farms
Compared to zero in the last three years, members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement are worried about what this means for Iowa’s water crisis Des Moines, IA – The Iowa Department of Natural...
View ArticleIowa CCI clean water meetings coming to a town near you
Don’t miss out out: learn about our lawsuit and how we turn the tide for clean water At the end of March, we sued the state for failing to protect our right to clean water. Now we are heading out to...
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