*Monday, July 25, join us for a showing of The People’s Hearing, *6:30pm,
Friends Meeting House, 4211 Grand Ave.  Community members, farmers, and
experts had plenty to say about factory farm harms at The People’s Hearing
on June 18 in Ames. Testifiers from around the state provided solid
arguments supporting the immediate enactment of a factory farm moratorium.
[image: People's Hearing, 6.18.2022.jpg]


Food & Water Watch senior organizer John Aspray said moratorium bills have
been introduced every year since 2017, but legislators have prevented even
so much as a fair subcommittee public hearing from taking place—preventing
any legislative discussions or votes on the proposals.

All testimony was presented before three judges
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJtcz9Dhw8s>: Senator Claire Celsi,
 Professor Silvia Secchi of the Department of Geographical and
Sustainability Sciences at the University of Iowa, and Dr. Francis Thicke,
co-owner of Radiance Dairy, soil scientist, and JFAN board member.


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*Debbie Neustadt*
*Water Sentinels*
*Sierra Club*
*Des Moines, Iowa*
*515-441-1901*

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