Elaine had me read this article in November 2011 Oprah magazine about one lady, Lynn Henning, efforts to stop environmental damage in Lenawee County Michigan from the huge Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
The article was well written (By Kathy Dobie), however I would fault it for not also including the view from industry and view from the State Regulators. The industry apparently calls Lynn Henning "a terrorist" -- It would be interesting to hear why they think that. The CAFO activities described by Lynn Henning and the author sure make the CAFOs look an awful lot like terrorists! Driving people off the road, Threatening people, Squeezing small farmers off their land by "polluting" them out of business, and illegal dumping of liquid and solid waste. It would have also been interesting to hear from the County and State environmental health departments. Do they have injunctions filed? Do they need new laws to enforce the existing laws?
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