Chicagoist: A Noxious Cloud Over Proposed "Mega Dairy"

rbrande

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:05:59 -0600

Agree with Sean P. If you do your research, this mega dairy can change the dynamics of the whole region: water pollution, influx of workers, political control...We have owned some land at Apple Canyon Lake since 1973. I'd like to retire there. I sincerely doubt if they will take measures to prevent runoff or pollution. Their concern is to turn a profit and that's that.

Chuck Sudo

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:46:14 -0600

It could increase to 10,000 if Bos receives approval for the second farm.

SeanP

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:20:30 -0600

Giant factory farms like these are the agricultural equivalent of Wal-Mart. They may "produce" "jobs", but at the detriment to local and, if this thing is big enough, region-wide farmers who don't have the distribution and production power that these mega-dairies have. Plus there are the massive effects of manure run-off and contamination which is one of the leading causes for health problems in rural areas. The effect of 4,400 cattle to the area over there is going to be enormous.

matty

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:14:43 -0600

kells is free!

Spav1

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:02:21 -0600

Well, maybe everyone in that town should stop drinking milk. I am so sick of the pervasive "not in my backyard" mentality in this country. We drink milk, we complain about the price of milk, we enjoy our ice cream and cheese ...where do we think it comes from? It has got to go somewhere...those people should be grateful for the jobs that dairy will create and stop complaining.