I agree that the email list was probably compiled via the State Fair,
because I'm on it too. And Aaron Putze used to write much of the material on
the Iowa Farm Bureau website.
The little history of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy left out the
part about how agribusiness organizations were part of the process from the
very beginning and conservation organizations were deliberately excluded.
At the Ames informational meeting about the Strategy, where those of us in
the audience were not allowed to speak, it was explained that the exclusion
was done on purpose in order to make the process more effective. Or
efficient. Or better. Or something. Sorry, can't remember -- the steam coming
out of my ears affected my memory.
In the old days, when bad Iowa environmental policies were being enacted,
we usually at least had a chance to speak aloud into microphones at public
hearings for the public record.
Cindy
Cindy Hildebrand
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"What does autumn go on paying for
with so much yellow money?” (Pablo Neruda)
In a message dated 10/11/2013 3:43:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
I must have got on their mailing list at the fair this year. Notice the
section on water quality.
Also, is my impression correct that the family hog farms they refer to are
actually hog factories, that is, CAFOs?
Comments would be welcome.--Tom
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