Links

The Water Information Network

Factory Farms - Kincardine, Ontario

Safety and health of meat, poultry and fish processing workers

Water Quality Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/biblios.html

Proposed Nutrient Management Act - Ontario
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/agops/index.html

Safe Drinking Water Foundation
http://www.safewater.org/index.htm

Alberta Environmental Issues
http://www.albertaenviro.com

Manure Acts in Quebec
http://res2.agr.ca/initiatives/manurenet/en/codes.html#Quebec

Manitoba Government Guidelines
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/livestock/pork/index.html

PureLean - using composting for a non-polluting operation
http://www.purelean.com


New Brunswick Poop Patrol
http://www.mondata.com/action/


North Carolina Hog Watch, Environmental Defense's central source for information and action on industrial hog farming in North Carolina
http://www.hogwatch.org/


GRACE factory farm project (includes activities in Alberta)
http://www.factoryfarm.org/


Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy report "The Price We Pay for Corporate Hogs"
http://www.iatp.org/


Union of Concerned Scientists report on antibiotic overuse in livestock, "Hogging It" (Food & Environment ...)
http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/


Animal Welfare Institute alternatives to intensive animal confinement systems
http://www.awionline.org/farm/


Niman Ranch humanely and sustainably raised pork product
http://www.nimanranch.com/


Nebraska proposed legislation banning non-family corporate farms
http://www.i300.org/


Several papers by John Ikerd, University of Missouri, about environmentally and economically sustainable family farming.
http://www.ssu.missouri.edu/faculty/jikerd/papers/

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