Information links so you can "Dig Deeper"

In Canada

Elements Online Environmental Magazine
Elements offers a wide spectrum of environmental information. Based on the ancient concept of the four basic elements, featured articles are grouped according to water, earth, air and fire. We are a publication of the New Brunswick Environmental Network and are proudly produced in New Brunswick,Canada. Click here

Canadian Code of Practice for Environmentally Sound Hog Production
Recommendations for manure management. Click here

Swine Manure Management Systems
This NebGuide examines the advantages and disadvantages of various types of swine manure management systems. Click here

The Dutch Swine Connection
Dutch swine genetics became available in North America through Dalland Value Added Pork in 1994. The following is a summary of the information provided in this site regarding Dalland and its Dutch swine connections in North America. Click here

Mauricie Region
The people of the Mauricie region, located along the St. Maurice River in between Quebec and Montreal, are currently finding themselves in the midst of a conflict with a corporate hog producers, Shur-Gain. Shur-Gain is attempting to establish itself, in the form of three factory style hog facilities with a capacity of 5 800 pigs, in the region. Click here

MANITOBA ECO-NETWORK
Uncontrolled Factory Farm Manure Causes Pollution and Threatens Health, According to Comprehensive New Report. Click here

New Brunswick Environmental Network
Links to New Brunswick Environmental groups. Click here

Manure Net:
A Canadian Web Site Dedicated to Manure Management Click here

In the USA

About Pfiesteria piscicida new
Pfiesteria is a dinoflagellate -- it is not a bacterium or a virus. Dinoflagellates are a natural part of marine ecosystems and are generally referred to under the broad heading of "algae." Using their flagella -- slender whip-like tails -- they propel themselves about, acting very much like animals, though half contain chloroplasts and perform photosynthesis like other algae. Actually neither plant nor animal but "protists," these tiny organisms cause what we call red tides, or mahogany tides. Click here

NCSU Aquatic Botany Laboratory Pfiesteria piscicida Page new
The toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida, has been implicated as the primary causative agent of major fish kills and fish disease events (finfish and shellfish; 103 to 109 finfish) in North Carolina estuaries, coastal areas, and aquaculture operations. Pfiesteria and closely related toxic species ("Pfiesteria-like complex") have also been confirmed in fish kill/disease areas and aquaculture facilities outside North Carolina from the mid-Atlantic to the Gulf Coast. Fish kills caused by P. piscicida usually occur in the warmest part of the year, and often precede low dissolved oxygen levels in the estuaries. Click here

National campaign for family farms and the environment: new
Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Factory Farms
Wisconsin Hogs produce two to four times as much raw waste as the average human. The 80,000 hogs raised by Premium Standard Farms (PSF) in Lincoln Township can generate as much waste as all the people in Jefferson City, Columbia, and Springfield, Missouri combined. The manure is stored in open, earthen pits called lagoons. Factory farm owners would have people to believe that lagoons don't leak - that bacteria breaks down the animal waste and that the heavier sludge settles to the bottom of the lagoon creating an effective seal. The scientific evidence is to the contrary. Click here

Cell from Hell
Neither plant nor animal, this tiny microbe has invaded our coastline, killing millions of fish. Now we're fighting back. Click here

Scientists track the 'phantom'
What happened to Howard? The questions circled through JoAnn Burkholder's mind, like the sweep hand of a clock. Click here

Composting Swine Carcasses
The problem faced by a producer is illustrated by the fact that a 500 sow farrow-to-finish operation (not a large unit by today's standard) with an excellent animal health program will typically experience death losses in excess of 100,000 lb per year. Click here

Farmer: Hog farm unneighborly
Mega farm:Heartland project continues despite protests
RANKIN (AP) - The way Tom Theesfeld sees it, planning a large-scale hog farm down the road from him without telling anyone just wasn't the neighborly thing to do. Click here

Iowans protest 'corporate money' in factory farming
After marching on the capitol in Des Moines, nearly 50 members and supporters of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement came to Ames and protested plans to build a feed mill in Carroll County. Click here

Hog bill too lax, critics say
She also said that the bill should provide for wider public notice about swine-production facilities that seek permits to operate in a county and that such notice should be sent to all property owners within three miles of the perimeter of a large-scale hog-feeding operation. Click here

Willie Nelson Lends Support to Family Farmers
Farm Aid president Willie Nelson joined 500 family farmers from across the country today in a National Agriculture Day protest against factory farming at the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) headquarters just outside Des Moines. The protest was organized by family farmers representing the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment. Click here

Industrial Hog Operations Emissions Study Released
RALEIGH- A new study on the human health effects of living near industrial hog operations has found that persons living near large hog farms suffer significantly higher levels of upper respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments than people living near large cattle farms or in non-livestock farming areas. The findings are consistent with other studies of neighbors to large-scale hog operations and of workers at hog confinement facilities. Click here

Hog Watch
The Resource Center is where you can find the most recent reports, research, and other information on factory hog farming. Click here

General Resources on Corporate Hog Factories
Top Ten Reasons for rural communities to be concerned about large-scale, corporate hog operations. Click here

Raising Hogs Right: Finding Solutions for North Carolina
North Carolina and Other States. The two-year moratorium on new hog factories in North Carolina--in effect until September 1, 1999--provides a real opportunity to develop lasting solutions to the problems of factory hog farm pollution in the state. If North Carolina takes advantage of this opportunity by adopting the reforms outlined below, its success should serve as a model to other states grappling with these issues. Click here

Hog Wars
The corporate grab for control of the hog industry and how citizens are fighting back. Click here

Dispelling the hog factory myths. Click here

National Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment
Efficiency: Family farms and factory farms. Click here

Families Against Rural Messes
Illinois needs stronger laws for the rapidly changing livestock industry. Current laws in Illinois and in many other states are woefully inadequate to protect water quality, air quality, and property values. Click here

In Europe

We have a German researcher in Vancouver supplying info.
She has sent this link which describes the regulations for hog factories in Germany. She has not had time yet to translate it. If you know anyone who can, here is the link: www.agrar.de/agenda/SHHV.htm

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