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St. Croix Alliance for Environmental Sustainability

This blog includes information concerning existing and planned confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) or factory farms in St. Croix County. Additionally, it includes a variety of news and information concerning CAFO operations across Wisconsin and the nation and the impacts on the environment, economy and quality of life.


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  • CAFO LAW
  • MANURE
  • GROUNDWATER
  • INFO LINKS
  • FOR & AGAINST FACTORY FARMS
  • AIR
  • HEALTH

HEALTH


Missouri Ruralist: Health Ordinances, CAFOs create debate

New York Times: Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Well

NR News Editorial: Local air gains only a 'C' grade

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Sign Our Petition...

Click here and sign the petition!!!

We need your help!

A 3,800 dairy cow Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) is being considered on the western border of Erin Praire township in St. Croix County in western Wisconsin. Just three miles southeast of the city of New Richmond, this CAFO has the potential to bring the health dangers and property devaluation to those living in the surrounding area.

E-mail Us...

StopStCroixCafo@yahoo.com

Watch Here For Updates...

Erin Prairie Town board meeting: 2nd Wednesday of the month @ 8 PM.

Richmond Town board meeting
: 2nd Thursday of the month at 6 PM Town Hall in Boardman.

Get out and attend your local town board meeting. Let you representatives know how you feel about this factory farm.

Call Us...

206-337-0605

Schottler Dairy Website

  • Schottler Dairy Website

Get Educated...

  • Purdue U CAFO Fact Sheets
  • John E. Ikerd - Papers & Links
  • InMotion Magazine (Missouri Rural Crisis Center)
  • 1. Publications on Factory Farms
  • Antibiotic-resistant bacteria at CAFOs
  • CAFO Economics
  • CAFOs & Rural Communitities
  • CAFOs - Factory Farming
  • CAFOs in Conflict
  • Groundwater Protection Act
  • Humane Society
  • Leaking Lagoons at CAFOs
  • Odor Problems
  • PEW Study on CAFOs
  • Plains Justice Report: CAFOs & Public Health
  • Purdue U CAFO News
  • The Big Players in CAFOs
  • Wi\I DNR Agricultural Performance Standards & Prohibitions
  • Wis. CAFO Watch
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Info Packet Links

  • Union Of Concerned Scientist Reports
  • PEW Report ON CAFOs

Helpful Links...

  • Extensive Online Resource Links

CAFO News...

  • Brownfield Network
  • Feedstuffs
  • National CAFO News
  • National CAFO on the Web
  • St. Croix County CAFO News
  • St. Croix County CAFO on the Web
  • Wisconsin CAFO News
  • Wisconsin CAFO On The Web

CAFOs Is St. Croix County...

  • Schottler Dairy
  • Vrieze Farms

Pro-Facily Farm Groups

  • Center to Expose & Close Animal Factories
  • Clean Wisconsin
  • Earth Justice
  • Families Against Rural Messes
  • Farm Aid
  • Farmers Legal Action Group (FLAG)
  • Izaak Walton League
  • Midwest Advocates CAFO Talking Points
  • Midwest Environmental Advocates
  • No CAFOs
  • Plains Justice
  • Prairie Rivers Network
  • Socially Responsible Ag Project
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Waterkeeper Alliance
  • Well Sphere
  • Wis. League of Conservation Voters
  • Wisconsin Farmers Union

Pro-Factory Farm Groups...

  • Advocates For Ag
  • Am Farmers for the Advancement & Conservation of Tech.
  • Wis. State Farmer
  • Dairy Business Association
  • American Farm Bureau

Who Works At Factory Farms

  • US Dept. of Labor: H2A program

Government Contacts...

  • Rep. John Murtha 29th Assembly
  • Wisconsin State Assembly

Government Agencies...

  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPA General Info on CAFOs
  • EPA: Ground Water & Ecosystems Restoration Research
  • Search for Wis DNR CAFO Data
  • US Dept. of Ag
  • USDA Economic Research Service
  • USDA Rural Development
  • Wis DNR CAFO INFO
  • Wis DNR Waste Water Permit Tracking

Ag Publications

  • Ag Weekly
  • AgWeb
  • Farm Futures
  • Manure Manager
  • Pork Magazine

MISC

  • Profile of Hired Farm Workers:A 2008 Update
  • Wis Cattleman's Association Legislature
  • Wis CAFO Owners Info
  • Spanish Language Links
  • Prifile of Hired Farm Workers:A 2008 Update