Comments on: VIDEO: Big farms tend to cluster http://greatlakesecho.org/2010/05/10/concentrated-cafos-big-farms-tend-to-cluster/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Two Great Lakes states take action on animal ethics | Great Lakes Echo http://greatlakesecho.org/2010/05/10/concentrated-cafos-big-farms-tend-to-cluster/comment-page-1/#comment-8481 Two Great Lakes states take action on animal ethics | Great Lakes Echo Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:59:29 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=24613#comment-8481 [...] Consumers and activists have scrutinized large scale farming in other Great Lake states. A story I reported last year showed that Michigan has 230 Confined Animal Feeding Operations producing [...] [...] Consumers and activists have scrutinized large scale farming in other Great Lake states. A story I reported last year showed that Michigan has 230 Confined Animal Feeding Operations producing [...]

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]]> By: Georgie http://greatlakesecho.org/2010/05/10/concentrated-cafos-big-farms-tend-to-cluster/comment-page-1/#comment-5654 Georgie Sat, 15 May 2010 00:26:03 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=24613#comment-5654 Yes, the application of animal waste is a HUGE issue. But let's go further upstream and address the issue that raising animals via CAFOs is completely unnatural. Raise animals properly for human consumption and you will not realize the effects of their waste at this magnitude. I am not a vegetarian. Rather I grew up on a farm that raised cattle and hogs for the explicit purpose of feeding protein to humans. Cattle and hogs do not naturally eat the silage and animal byproducts forced on them in CAFOs, nor should they live and eat in a confined "standing room only" environment. If these animals were raised in an environment which allowed them to graze and/or forage, with minor supplements of a mineral based feed, they would be doing so in a pasture or field, with ample room for them to move about. Therefore their waste would in turn naturalize in the field, and degrade to fertilize the pasture they would consume in the next season. This issue is much larger than dealing with the byproduct and field application of animal waste. We need to acknowledge and remedy the actual operations of CAFOs nationwide. Yes, the application of animal waste is a HUGE issue. But let’s go further upstream and address the issue that raising animals via CAFOs is completely unnatural. Raise animals properly for human consumption and you will not realize the effects of their waste at this magnitude.

I am not a vegetarian. Rather I grew up on a farm that raised cattle and hogs for the explicit purpose of feeding protein to humans. Cattle and hogs do not naturally eat the silage and animal byproducts forced on them in CAFOs, nor should they live and eat in a confined “standing room only” environment.

If these animals were raised in an environment which allowed them to graze and/or forage, with minor supplements of a mineral based feed, they would be doing so in a pasture or field, with ample room for them to move about. Therefore their waste would in turn naturalize in the field, and degrade to fertilize the pasture they would consume in the next season.

This issue is much larger than dealing with the byproduct and field application of animal waste. We need to acknowledge and remedy the actual operations of CAFOs nationwide.

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]]> By: Sandy http://greatlakesecho.org/2010/05/10/concentrated-cafos-big-farms-tend-to-cluster/comment-page-1/#comment-5614 Sandy Tue, 11 May 2010 14:58:33 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=24613#comment-5614 One of the biggest CAFO issues is manure applied to the fields and the nutrient rich runoff. Michigan and other Great Lakes states need to adopt nutrient standards that set phosphrous, nitrate and other limits. USEPA has proposed limits in Florida - watershed by watershed. This is what needs to be done in the Great Lakes states for water quality and ecosystem protection. One of the biggest CAFO issues is manure applied to the fields and the nutrient rich runoff.
Michigan and other Great Lakes states need to adopt nutrient standards that set phosphrous, nitrate and other limits. USEPA has proposed limits in Florida – watershed by watershed.
This is what needs to be done in the Great Lakes states for water quality and ecosystem protection.

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]]> By: Gloria http://greatlakesecho.org/2010/05/10/concentrated-cafos-big-farms-tend-to-cluster/comment-page-1/#comment-5613 Gloria Tue, 11 May 2010 14:38:38 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=24613#comment-5613 Dirty, rotten, stinking CAFO. Dirty, rotten, stinking CAFO.

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