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Experts weigh whether water at a controversial dairy site leaked from a spring

August 6, 2008 – 12:06 pm

(All photos courtesy of Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards)
Workers set up two hoses to pump water that leaked into a manure pond under construction at the Tradition Dairy site.
By Lauren Williamson, Medill
Despite a water leak that occurred while workers dug a manure pond in Jo Daviess County last week, plans remain on schedule for [...]

By Lauren Williamson | Posted in Politics and The Environment | Also tagged A.J. Bos, CAFO, concentrated animal feeding operation, H.O.M.E.S., Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois State Geological Survey, Jo Daviess County, karst, Nora, Tradition Dairy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Comments

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 step after [...]

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

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