5 years, 7 months ago by Jim Dewey
Proposed confinement would house 5 thousand hogs
A coalition of local farmers and residents, have organized to oppose a planned 5,000-head concentrated animal feeding operation or CAFO for Adams County.
Members of Save Adams County say the proposed industrial-sized operation, known as County Line Swine, would be sited adjacent to a successful certified organic farm and near Adams County residents who have pre-existing health problems that would be impacted by the massive animal confinement. This issue will be taken up in a public information meeting conducted by the Illinois Department of Agriculture at the request of the Adams County Board at the Adams County Courthouse this evening. SAC is concerned how the massive project will change their neighborhood, stressing the harsh impacts many Illinois communities experience due to hog operations, and the fact that Adams County is, they say, already saturated with CAFOs.
The public meeting will be held at 6 this evening in the County Board Room of the Adams County Courthouse.
