Statewide Iowa — After a failure during the state legislative session, an environmental group plans to make its case about so-called factory farms to the continuous string of presidential candidates coming through Iowa.
Adam Mason, state policy director for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, says they want to bring a halt to new confined animal feeding operations or CAFOs.
While the effort failed to gain traction in the recently-ended state legislative session, Mason says they intend to work to build momentum during the interim and reintroduce the measure next year.
Mason says the legislation targets only the bigger CAFOS.
The ICCI website says more than 8,000 corporate-run factory farms now dominate Iowa’s landscape, posing a threat to clean air, clean water, safe food and a high quality of life.
