Posts Tagged: dairy

In Historical Move, MPCA Orders EIS on Proposed Factory Farm

Posted August 29th, 2014 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog.

By Paul Sobocinski, Land Stewardship Project The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Citizens’ Board ruled this week that Riverview LLP’s proposed 8,850-cow dairy operation in Stevens County must undergo an in-depth Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). To my knowledge, this is the first time that the MPCA has ordered an EIS of a factory farm. This is… Read more »

Thief River’s Yuck Mountain

Posted January 29th, 2010 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture.

Now that the MPCA has finally gotten around to taking steps to shut down that horrific health hazard that its owner, Excel, chooses to call a dairy farm, neighbors are left to wonder: what about the millions of gallons of manure left behind? Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet about it