I post this when ever CAFO is in the air. We are killing everything good in rural Iowa. Please click the link but you won't enjoy.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnists/lawmakers-look-at-what-youve-done-to-rural-iowa-20160828
Let’s take a trip through the Eastern Iowa countryside, shall we? Don’t forget the picnic basket! I’ll bring the road map and yeah, I’m a guy, but I’ll ask for directions if we get lost on the gravel roads.
We motor toward the rolling hills of southeast Iowa County, to the Century Farm where Gary Nester and his wife plan to retire. We can spread the checkered tablecloth right here in the shade of this flowering crab tree and within reach of blooming orange impatiens in their front yard.
But we don’t stay long enough to pass the potato salad. The east wind carries a discomforting odor. Flies, yes there are flies. What really prompts the packing away of our outdoor picnic plans are the neighbors.
Pigs, 2,400 squealing pigs split between two hog confinements, each housing about 1,200 head, each building about 750 feet away. “We can hear (the squeals) inside the house,” Gary says.
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