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Industrial Agriculture in the Driftless Area - upcoming conference on Jan 20 in Boscobel, Wisconsin

1/3/2018

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"Industrial Ag in the Driftless: How do we protect our communities?"  will be held at the Americinn Conference Center,  1700 Elm Street, on January 20 from 1pm to 5:30pm.   The grassroots forum will share information about the Driftless area’s sensitive karst hydrogeology and what has happened in places where industrialized agriculture operations have been permitted by the State.
Keynote speaker John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri, will discuss “Defending Rural Communities against Economic Colonization.”  Panelists, who will address how industrial agriculture can affect our health, economies, and environment, include a local hog farmer, a neighbor to an industrial hog facility, a geologist, an environmental attorney, and state and national level environmental advocates. Network and share struggles and successes, with a focus on solution-oriented discussion about what can be done to protect our land, water, and air in the Driftless region.  Click the link above or the poster below for more information.  LWV UMRR Board members will be tabling at this event, stop by and visit if you attend.

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Betsy D'Angelo link
1/13/2018 06:20:40 pm

Driftless Defenders would like to have an information table with materials people could take home at your January 20th conference in Boscobel. Is that a possibility?

We are a grassroots organization that formed in May 2016 for the specific purpose of opposing the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line proposed to run through 125 miles of the Driftless Area of SW WI. There are many parallels to your groups -- big business telling us what to do, and concerns about environment, economics, and ecosystems. To learn more you can visit our website, DriftlessDefenders.com, email me, or call me directly at 608-935-5937.

I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

Betsy D'Angelo
Leadership Team and head of Outreach Team
DriftlessDefenders.com

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Gretchen Sabel
1/13/2018 09:39:57 pm

You will need to talk with the conference organizers about this, our organization is just helping to advertise it. I'll get someone who's involved in this to reach out to you soon. Thank you for this contact!

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Elliott Long
1/31/2018 09:01:17 pm

Consider me very interested in your cause.

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