JFAN

Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc., a SE Iowa community organization protecting Jefferson County from industrial hog confinements. Farms, Not Factories!

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

Join us next Thursday, October 8 at 7pm for a discussion of agribusiness influence on pesticide regulations and Iowa’s water quality.

Register NOW so you don't miss it!

Here is the link to register: https://t.co/6ku1Gfmv3E

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

"Iowa and the Broken Circle" is the premier feature-length film of Charlie Morris' Iowa Prairie Documentary Project.
See it FREE at the Fairfield Public Library this Friday, Sept 18, 7:15 PM

Another screening @ MIU Saturday Sept 19th, 7:30 in the Argiro Student Hall

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

We are advocating for clean water and a cancer-less Iowa with @Iowa_Env and other amazing groups across Iowa. This movement is led by Iowans who know our state can be safer & healthier.
Check out the campaign! Join us!
https://t.co/AjAqomVfiz

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

JFAN is still less than 2/3 to our $30,000 donation match and the deadline is 5 days away. Please chip in today to keep JFAN as strong as ever as we fight to keep Jefferson County clean and insist on a more just & independently farmed Iowa!

Donate today: https://t.co/RiHncbR8y1

[Food & Water Watch @foodandwater]

🚨NOW🚨: The Farm Bill is scheduled for a markup *this week* but the current draft is a gift to Big Ag corporations. It will NOT help us build the fairer and more sustainable food system we need. Tell your Senators to vote NO: https://t.co/AysznyOf85

[Farm Action Fund @FarmActionFund]

We agree Laura that Americans from all across the political spectrum oppose @hinsonashley Save Our Bacon Act. We urge folks to let the Senate Ag committee know it should NOT be included in the Farm Bill this week!

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

JFAN works in and beyond Jefferson County, FOR Jefferson County and beyond.

We fight against the harms of factory farms and for a more responsible, respectful and regenerative agricultural system.

Donation match campaign is live until Sept 20! https://t.co/QiET2klwG7

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

The EPA could lower nitrate levels in drinking water to safe levels. But they aren't. "The EPA cited new science on cancer and birth defects in the 2010 drinking water standards review as well as in its 2017 scoping review," David Cwiertny reminds us.

https://t.co/OLdtZxZ3Kj

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

The campaign against the Save Our Bacon/EATS Act is not over, you can be sure. We will continue to fight against further disempowerment of our food supply, our farmers, consumers and our food standards.

https://t.co/6AtOVlmkNp

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

The time has come for the Senate markup of the Farm Bill. Send a letter to our state Senators!
If you have already taken action on this subject, do so again! We must stop this amendment in its tracks.
⬇️
https://t.co/28KZ9nvvw2

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

TONIGHT! 7 PM.... See you there 🌊

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

Join us Thursday, July 30th at 7 PM at the Fairfield Public Library for a talk by Dr. David Cwiertny

Iowa's Water: It Doesn't Have to Be This Way

He will discuss Iowa's poor water quality + what Iowa can learn from other states.

https://t.co/5W5KrCsd8P

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

There were 4 sites that saw pesticide levels beyond EPA benchmarks 50-99 times over course of the USGS study (10 years).

The five states where atrazine has turned up in the most public water systems are major agricultural states.

https://t.co/inXkCxwsbs

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

Ethan Bahe, a GIS analyst at EWG, explains massive regulatory loopholes:
“If you have two facilities that are just under the large (1,000 animal unit) designation, but they’re considered separate facilities, they don’t need [pollution discharge] permits.”

https://t.co/CN1tF15CEq

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

Concerns over a proposed hog CAFO in Nebraska are founded due to the area's sandy soils and shallow groundwater.

If the CAFO is approved and built, Marlatt will effectively own a massive open-air sewage pit 2.7 miles from a National Scenic River.

https://t.co/xfAJaAqmni

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

Amid all the bad news on pesticides, a summer refresher so you can feed your family safely.
Check out EWG's "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean 15" as you shop at the store for produce - when you're not supporting your local farmer's market, of course!

https://t.co/iCzadRcQTd

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

Research allows engineers to develop safe disposal protocols.

"When water utilities replace [filters], the accumulated PFAS could pose risks to workers [...] or leach into local groundwater if the components are discarded improperly."

https://t.co/htGicT7QEE

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

On another front of the battle for public health against agricultural chemicals: A grassroots petition to appeal to the senses of EPA officials.
EPA has required cancer warnings on < 2% of 1000s of pesticides with an active ingredient linked to cancer.

https://t.co/MNuK0dPM26

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

It took no time at all after the Supreme Court handed Bayer/Monsanto permission to poison without warning for the EPA to approve or expand the use of 6 pesticides.

https://t.co/4XhSaWIjHz

[JFAN @JFANIowa]

Referring to chemical pesticides, Dr Jonathan Lundgren of the Ecdysis Foundation said “Many of these products are doing harm, especially where bioaccumulation is taking place. Where possible, we need to abandon agrochemicals or at least restrict them.”

https://t.co/pD5tkx6yh9