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The Chicken That Didn’t Cross Too Many Roads

July 18, 2008 – 3:42 pm

By Lauren Williamson, Medill Galena, IL–My goal tonight was to not throw up. I have what is probably an inordinate anxiety about food poisoning, which has been exacerbated by this summer’s heavily documented outbreak of salmonella and always intensifies when I need to choose a restaurant in an unfamiliar place. As I took one wet [...]

By Lauren Williamson | Posted in Politics and The Environment | Also tagged Arnold's Farm Chicken, Belmont, CAFO, cows, dairy, Elizabeth, Galena, Illinois, Illinois Livestock Development Group, Jo Daviess County, local, Nora, Tradition Dairy, Tri-State, Two Onion Farm | Comments

Follow the Road “that way” to Nora

July 10, 2008 – 2:15 pm

(Photos by Lauren Williamson) A small, hand-painted sign along the side of IL-78 points the way to Nora, Ill. By Lauren Williamson, Medill “Go up the road that way, then turn this way when you get to the grocery store, and once you make it around the corner, you’ll go between the pickup truck and [...]

By Lauren Williamson | Posted in Politics and The Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged A.J. Bos, Apple River, Apple River Canyon State Park, CAFO, concentrated animal feeding operation, cows, economic development, farms, H.O.M.E.S., Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards, Illinois, industrial farming, Jo Daviess County, livestock, manure, Nora, pollution, rural communities, wildlife | Comments

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