August 29, 2019
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NWI Times: Court ruling prioritizes corporations over families
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right to farm
August 29, 2019
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NWI Times: Court ruling prioritizes corporations over families
In a recent decision, the Indiana Court prioritized corporate profits, unchecked pollution and industrial agriculture facilities ahead of the interests of Indiana families....
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August 16, 2019
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Huffington Post: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation
Indiana’s Right to Farm Act essentially strips independent farmers and rural residents of any sort of redress against polluting concentrated animal feeding operations....
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August 16, 2019
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HuffPost: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation
The Indiana Farmers Union, with the support of the farmers union as well as Family Farm Action, Public Justice and Food & Water Watch, has filed a friend of the court brief to petition the state’s top court to reconsider a lawsuit by homeowners against a...
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May 30, 2019
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Indiana Right to Farm
Like many other states, Indiana has a “Right-to-Farm” statute, meant to codify the coming to the nuisance doctrine—so city-dwellers cannot move to rural lands and demand farms change their operations. Corporate agribusiness has, however, been pushing efforts to expand the scope of these laws to...
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May 24, 2019
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All Things Considered: Plaintiffs In CAFO, Right To Farm Lawsuit Want A Rehearing
Two Hendricks County couples are petitioning the Indiana Court of Appeals to rehear their case against a neighboring farm with 8,000 hogs. They say the smell from the confined animal feeding operation or CAFO is making it difficult for them to eat or sleep....
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