Agricultural Concentration 2004:
Reclaiming Agriculture for Illinois Independent Family Farmers
February 18, 2004, 7 PMBureau Valley High School Auditorium
Manlius, IllinoisPanel Discussion on Agricultural Concentration
Moderated by Bob Elliott, Sheffield, IL, Farmer
Why are we here? What happened in 2003? What's coming in 2004?Paul Gebhart, Edinburg, IL, Farmer
Illinois Stewardship Alliance Board MemberLarry Mitchell, Washington, D.C.
Chief Executive Officer American Corn Growers AssociationSteve Cady, Omaha, Neb.
Executive Director Organization for Competitive MarketsDan McGuire, Lincoln, Neb.
Chief Executive Officer American Corn Growers Foundation
Ag Outreach Committee Member Wind Powering America,
U.S. Department of EnergyBob Jenkins, Quincy, IL
Niman Ranch CoordinatorArea elected officials are invited
One hour panel presentation, followed by Public Q & A
Meet February 18th @ 7:00pm in Manlius, IL, to discuss how we can work together to end concentration and restore competition to Illinois Agriculture.
Co-sponsored by American Corn Growers, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, and Michlig Agricenter For more information call (217) 498-9707, or (815) 445-5491
Environmental Health Impacts of CAFOs:
Anticipating Hazards - Searching for Solutions
March 29, 2004Sheraton Hotel
210 S Dubuque St
Iowa City, IowaSponsored by
The University of Iowa
Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
http://www.ehsrc.org
(319) 335-4756
Tri State Whistle Stop Tour by the Waterkeeper Alliance
Saturday, December 1, 2001, 3 PMIllinois State University (http://www.ilstu.edu/), Normal, IL (click here for driving map)
Bowling and Billiards Center, Activity Room
East of Bone Student Center (click here for building map)Nicolette Hahn, senior attorney with the Waterkeeper Alliance (http://www.keeper.org/), will present facts and figures regarding concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO's), current statutes, and information regarding the progress of the Waterkeeper Alliance and their recent efforts to curtail the widspread pollution from CAFO's.
Rick Dove will present a visual example of the devastation caused by polluting CAFO's in North Carolina. Rick is the Neuse Riverkeeper who has worked tirelessly to improve water quality on the Neuse River in the hog dense region of Southeast North Carolina. Rick now works with the Waterkeeper Alliance, an organization that started as a commercial fisherman's group to clean up the Hudson River in the 1970's.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of the Water Keeper Alliance and son of the slain senator, and Jan Schlictmann, the crusading lawyer portrayed in the book and movie "A Civil Action,"have filed lawsuits against polluting hog factories. The lawsuits are part of a national campaign in which 15 law firms with experience litigating against tobacco and asbestos have agreed to spend at least $50,000 each on the campaign to clean up hog operations in the United States.
The pork industry has benefited from "pollution-based prosperity" that has shifted the environmental costs of raising hogs onto the public and driven small family farmers off the land.
The law firms, environmental groups and family-farm advocates filing the suits hope to get rid of open-air waste pits and spray fields, the waste-disposal system used by most large hog operations. "This is simply a way to discharge toxic industrial waste into the environment," Kennedy said in a recent news article. "They've also shattered the fabric of rural life."
Alternative Resources for a Healthy Environment Expo 2000
Saturday, October 14, 2000, 9 AM - 4 PMWestern Illinois University, Olson Conference Center
Corner of Adams and Western Ave., Macomb, ILS.O.L.E., Inc. (Save Our Land & Environment), is hosting an expo on products that are environmentally friendly and create economic support for farmers and local merchants.
For more info or to register, contact S.O.L.E. at 309-837-3150, <earthprotect@go.com>
http://homepages.go.com/homepages/e/a/r/earthprotect/conference2000.html
Illinois Student Environmental Network's Annual Conference
Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26, 2000The Watershed Training Conference is being co-sponsored by Prairie Rivers Network. The event will be held at the 4-H Memorial Camp on the Sangamon River in Monticello (20 minutes west of Champaign-Urbana). Costs: $25 - Students ($35 after March 10); $40 - Non-students ($50 after March 10).
Session topics will include: Biodiversity and endangered species; Monitoring water quality; Wetlands protection; Watershed management; How you can use the Clean Water Act to protect your hometown stream; Global warming and energy efficiency/renewable energy; The state of Illinois' environment; Sprawl and transportation issues.
For more info or to register, contact ISEN at (217) 384-0830 or isen@prairienet.org http://www.prairienet.org/isen
The Farm Crisis: How it affects rural communities, food safety, and youSaturday, March 18, 2000, 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Annunciation Parish Hall (Eagle Church Hall)
5 miles West of Streator, IL, on Route 18
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?csz=streator%2C+ilSponsored by:
We the People of LaSalle County, and
The Illinois Stewardship AllianceFeatured speakers:
Dr. Kendall Thu, Northern Illinois University
Environmental and social impacts of large-scale livestock facilities
http://www.sunypress.edu/backads/thupigsp.htmlDr. John Ikerd, Agricultural Economist
Top 10 reasons communities should say no to large-scale hog operations
http://hometown.aol.com/jeikerdDr. Bill Weida, Colorado College
The real costs to communities for factory-style livestock productionAdditional speakers:
Jim Braun, Iowa family farmer
Karen Hudson, President of Families Against Rural Messes
Pam Hansen, Moderator, Grassroots Organizer for the Illinois Stewardship AllianceFree admission
For more info: We the People of LaSalle County, 815-853-4298, 815-672-1742, or 815-856-2253.
Water Quality Conference 2000
Agriculture and the Environment: A Wake-Up Call for Iowans.
March 7-8, 2000
Iowa State University
Sponsored by:
Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Iowa State University Extension. Co-sponsors: Iowa Department of Natural Resources and The Leopold Center for Sustainable AgricultureThis conference will address Federal and State non-point source pollution policies that will potentially impact land management in agricultural watersheds. Specific topics will focus on total maximum daily loads, nutrient criteria, animal feeding operations, and source water protection.
http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/aged/water_quality/wqconf.html
Sustainable agriculture conference:
Farming and Ranching for Profit, Stewardship, and CommunityMarch 7-9, 2000
Columbia River Doubletree Hotel
Portland, ORSponsored by:
USDA Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Western SARE) program, with major contributions from several land-grant universities and the federal sustainable agriculture effort.Nationally-known speakers, producers, researchers, agricultural extension agents and others from the Western U.S. and around the nation will share their sustainable agriculture successes, experiences and research results.
For more information about the conference, or to register, contact Gina Hashagen, Oregon State University, at hashageg@bcc.orst.edu or (541) 737-5477. Conference information is also on-line at http://wsare.usu.edu/2000 and http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~asap/calendar/year-2000.html
Clean Water Action Alliance presents FROM FARM TO FORK:
Reclaiming Our Food System From Corporate GiantsSeptember 18, 1999, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Doubletree Grand Hotel, Mall of America
Bloomington, MNCo-sponsored by:
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the Izaak Walton League and the MN Farmers UnionClean Water Action invites you to participate in a symposium about the impacts of the industrial food system, especially factory farms, on urban citizens and rural communities.
During the morning session speakers will discuss food safety, veggie libel laws, antibiotic resistance caused by intensive livestock farming, animal cruelty in industrial meat production, concentration in agriculture and the effects of industrial agriculture on rural communities. In the afternoon, speakers will cover the environmental, human health and economic advantages of buying locally produced food, and direct marketing of organic produce and meats. A panel of local family farmers will describe their experiences bypassing the industrial food distribution system.
We encourage you to attend. The symposium is recommended for farmers, consumers, and activists concerned about the quality of our food supply and the moral and environmental implications of industrial scale factory farms. Space is limited, so early registration is advised.
FREE ADMISSION TO THE PUBLIC
Coinciding with the symposium, an exhibition will be held by local farmers and other groups to provide information to the public on sustainable agriculture, the environment and issues related to factory farming.
For more information:
Suzanne McIntosh
Clean Water Action
326 Hennepin Avenue E.
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 623-3666
Town Meeting on Antitrust and Economic Concentration in AgricultureTuesday, Sepember 7, 1999 -- Noon to 3:00 P.M.
Ballantyne Auditorium, Cedar Hall on the
Kirkwood Community College Campus near I-380 and Hwy 30 in
Cedar Rapids, IowaJoel Klein, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice.
Mike Dunn, Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sponsored by U.S. Senators Tom Harkin and Chuck Grassley as a follow-up to a meeting in So. St. Paul last spring. Then, Joel Klein met with close to 1,000 farmers in the Twin Cities and agreed to study concentration issues closely. He has since testified that concentration is not a big worry and approved the Continental - Cargill grain merger. The Cedar Rapids meeting should be an important opportunity to register disapproval to concentration.
If you cannot attend, please write to:
Mr. Joel Klein
Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Division
Department of Justice
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington DC 20530
Effects of Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) on
Hydrologic Resources and the Environment
http://water.usgs.gov/owq/AFO/index.htmlAugust 30 - September 1, 1999
Fort Collins, Colorado
The U.S. Geological Survey is sponsoring a symposium, with collaboration from Colorado State University (CSU) scientists, to examine the complex issues of the effects of AFOs on water resources and ecological health. This meeting will build upon information from other recent AFOs conferences by presenting the latest research dealing with the effects of AFOs, discussing state-of-the-art methods and tools that are available or are being developed to aid AFOs research, and providing an interactive forum for discussion among scientists, producers, and resource managers.Scientists from universities, the USGS, and other agencies and organizations who are involved with AFOs research or research opportunities are encouraged to attend and to submit abstracts.
University of North Carolina School of Public Health ant the
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services --
Public health impacts of intensive livestock operations
http://www.sph.unc.edu/oceJuly 15-16, 1999
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
For more info: oce@unc.edu, 919-966-4032
http://www.sph.unc.edu/oce/courses/livestock.htmRegistrar, Office of Continuing Education
CB# 8165 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
UNC-CH School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165
The Fifth Annual
Mississippi River Basin Alliance
Conference and Membership Meeting --
Preserving a Healthy River System
http://www.igc.org/mrba/conference/index.htmlJuly 9-10, 1999, St. Louis, Missouri
For more info, contact:
Jim or Brenda of MRBA at mrbaoffice@mrba.org or 612-870-3441
Manure Management ' 99
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/manure99/June 22-26, 1999
Travelodge
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CanadaPapers for proceedings are due May 17, 1999.
The Manure Management '99 conference will present state-of-the-art approaches,
solutions and best management practices from across North America and Europe.Sponsored by: Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food; Manitoba
Agriculture; Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, and
the National Soil and Water Conservation Program.The contact for abstracts and papers is:
Grant Wood
Extension Division -- Kirk Hall
117 Science Place
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
306-966-5586; Fax: 306-966-5567
e-mail: grant.wood@usask.ca
ONLINE FORUM:
http://checc.sph.unc.edu/rooms/collab/forums.html
"Who should pay to clean up hog lagoons?"MAY 24-28, 1999
Sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's
Environmental Resource Program (ERP)To frame the debate and represent a balanced perspective, program
officials have invited seven people especially knowledgeable about this
topic to participate. All of them have committed to participate in the
forum on a daily basis through May 28. Public discussion, however, may
continue beyond the week of the 24th.Discussion will be archived on the
program's Web site so that it can serve as a reference for future visitors.Panelists slated to participate include:
Alan Briggs, executive director, Save Our State;
Beth Anne Mumford, director of public affairs, North Carolina Pork Council;
Michelle Nowlin, attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center;
Karen Priest, Alliance for Responsible Swine Industry;
Michael Shore, senior policy analyst,
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources;
Mike Williams, director, Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center,
N.C. State University; and
Clark Wright, attorney.For more info:
Kathleen Gray <kathleen.gray@sph.unc.edu>, (919) 966-9799.
http://checc.sph.unc.edu
COLLOQUIUM:
LARGE SCALE ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HUMAN HEALTHMAY 25, 1999 -- 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Johns Hopkins School Of Hygiene and Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland
New Becton Dickinson Room W1020 (Hygiene)The purpose of this colloquium is to explore the impacts of current
large-scale animal production systems on the health and welfare of both
humans and animals and to discuss policy and research needs.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
To register contact: Polly Walker <pwalker@jhsph.edu>
Phone 410-223-1608; Fax 410-223-1603DRAFT PROGRAM
http://www.farmweb.org/b/19990525_jh_conf.htm
Hog factories in Maryland and the Cheasapeake watershed
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/news/extension/calendar/March 13, 1999 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Public forum at Mount St. Mary's College - Emmitsburg, Maryland
Knott Auditorium
...which is right on the highway. To get to Knott Auditorium, enter the
campus and take the road right along Route 15. Parking is in back.The program includes:
RICK DOVER - Neuse River Riverkeeper
PAUL WILLIS - Organic hog farmer from Iowa
LINDA HAGENAU - Leader in the Virginia CAFO movement
ROYDEN POWELL - Under-secretary of Agriculture from Maryland
BARBARA SATTLER - Researcher/teacher from UofMd School of Medicine
RON ALBAUGH, KAREN KUHN, EDDIE BOYER, JIM MILLER -- all farmers from Northern MarylandSponsor: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
For more information:
Maryland Chapter: 301-277-7111 or 410-813-2225; or Bonnie Dancy: 301-271-9003.
University of Illinois Livestock Waste Management Conference
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/news/extension/calendar/March 9, 1999 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Biannual University of Illinois Conference on livestock manure
management. Especially for livestock producers, equipment suppliers,
agency representatives. Livestock odor research, USEPA/USDA National
Strategy for Animal Feeding Operations, Illinois regulation updates and
more.Sponsored by the Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois
Clarion Convention Center, Champaign, IL
For more information:
Mary Beth Munhall 217/333-9409
1999 World Food and Sustainable Agriculture Symposium
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~ILwfood/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
January 27-28, 1999 - Impacts of Agricultural Technology on Agro-ecosystems
February 3-4, 1999 - Modern Agriculture and Natural Resources
February 10-11, 1999 - Implications of Land Use Decision Trends for Global Food Supply
and Natural Resource StewardshipParticipate online!...
All three keynote addresses will also be broadcast live on the internet and
via phone teleconferencing with synchronized visuals.For more information:
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~ILwfood/
Swine Systems ConferenceFebruary 17, 1999, 8 AM - 4 PM
Scheman Continuing Education Building, Ames, Iowa
Iowa State Center (southeast corner of campus, near Hwy 30 & I-35)Sponsors: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, ISU Extension, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa Pork Industry Center, ISU, ISU Beginning Farmer Center, Practical Farmers of Iowa, ISU Extension Sustainable Agriculture Program
Producer panels and representatives from the swine industry as well as specialty niche markets for hogs will be featured during the day-long conference. Also featured will be results from Leopold Center-sponsored research comparing performance of swine in side-by-side confinement and hooped structure buildings.
Registration fee: $15 for packet, lunch and post-conference proceedings; $10 without the lunch option.
For registration information, contact Extended and Continuing Education at (515) 294-5961.
For program information, contact the Leopold Center at (515) 294-3711, or e-mail <leocenter@iastate.edu>.
Livestock Production...Learning to Respect Our EarthNoon - 4 PM, January 23, 1999
VFW, 1200 E. Jefferson, Macomb, IL 61455An educational seminar on the effects of large-scale factory farming
on the land, water, air, and economy.
Moderator: Donna Buss, Henderson County, ILKeynote Speaker: Dr. Kendall Thu, Professor, Univ. of Iowa
Will speak about agricultural safety, health, and sociology
Co-Author of "Pigs, Profits, and Rural Communities"Other Speakers:
John Crabtree, Center For Rural Affairs, Walthill, NE. Market accessability, social justice, and the environmental stewardship of family farmers. Karen Hudson, Families Against Rural Messes (F.A.R.M.), Elmwood, IL. Founder and President of F.A.R.M., will speak on the devastation that has been caused by livestock factories, and legislation that's needed. Paul Gebhart, Christian County, IL. Organic Farmer. Edie Galloway, Hancock County, IL. Will speak about living next to a livestock factory in a state with totally inadequate laws. John Demaree MS, Schuyler County, IL. Organic Farmer, will speak about water quality and the environment. Dan Wilson, Paullina, IA. Hog Producer, Swedish Deep Bedded Group Swine System.For further information, contact:
Kathy Jeffries, 309-837-3150, jeffries@macomb.com
Donations at door gladly accepted and much appreciated to help defray costs.
Public Meeting - 7:00 pm, January 19, 1999
McLean County Courthouse, on the square in downtown Bloomington, IL.The establishment of megahog farms in Central Illinois raises questions about the environmental impact of such operations on local communities and small family farms. Local farmers, journalists, and policy makers will discuss the ethical issues associated with this controversial form of hog farming.
Sponsored by the ISU Living Ethics community (309) 438-7018. http://www.its.ilstu.edu/provost/ethics/
Farming Profitably in a Changing Environment
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~asap/December 10, 1998
Holiday Inn, 1001 Killarney Street, Urbana, ILSponsors: University of Illinois Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program and others
The conference will include an opportunity to participate in six concurrent sessions. There will be six topics addressed during each session. These include: (1) Environmental Issues Affecting Farmers and Landowners; (2) Livestock and Crop Enterprises; (3) Marketing; (4) Organic Agriculture, (5) Soil Health/Soil Quality and (6) Resource Protection/Conservation. The goal is to provide the audience (Farmers, Landowners, Farm Managers, agency and university personnel and others) with practical, take-home information.
For further information, contact:
Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant
University of Illinois, P.O. Box 410, Greenview, IL 62642 USA
217/968-5512, cavanaughd@ces.aces.uiuc.edu
Celebrating 75 Years of Service to Rural America and the Church
November 13-14, 1998
Hotel Fort Des Moines
1000 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, (515) 243-1161
Keynote Presenters:
Marty Strange; Jennifer Yezak Molen; St. Christine Pratt, OSU; Stephen ScharperFor more information:
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
4625 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310-2199, (515) 270-2634, Fax (515) 270-9447
http://www.ncrlc.com ncrlc@aol.com
Symposium on the Impact of Large Scale Hog Production on People and the Environment
October 10, 1998, Barton County Community College Auditorium
Sponsored by: Great Plains Institute, Dodge City Community College; Kansas Audubon Council; Kansas Chapter of the Sierra Club; Kansas Farmers Union; Kansas Natural Resource Council; Kansas Rural Center; Kansas Wildlife Federation; Peace & Justice Committee, Priests's Council, Archdiocese of Kansas City; Salina Diocean Rural Life Commission
Great Bend, Kansas
For more information:
Mary Fund, Symposium Coordinator, or Diane Dysart (785) 873-3431
Kansas Rural Center, 304 Pratt Box 133, Whiting, KS 66552
(785) 873-3431, Fax (785) 873-3432, ksruralctr@aol.com
Animal Production Systems And The EnvironmentJuly 19-22, 1998, Convention Center, Des Moines, Iowa
For more information: http://www.agconf.iastate.edu (515) 294-4202 kjsnyder@iastate.edu
Managing manure in harmony with
the environment and society
| PROCEEDINGS:
Extended abstracts of papers and posters
http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/FRM/ManureMgmt/Contents.html |
SWCS chapters in the West North Central Region have joined together to sponsor a conference, "Managing manure in harmony with the environment and society," to provide the opportunity for agencies, regulators,producers, and suppliers to meet and discuss various manure management techniques and innovations before relations become strained beyond repair.For more information:
http://www.agnic.org/mtg/1998/mmhes.html
(573) 876-0900 bobb@mo.nrcs.usda.govSoil and Water Conservation Society (http://www.swcs.org)