(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 […]
Experts weigh whether water at a controversial dairy site leaked from a spring
August 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: · A.J. Bos, CAFO, concentrated animal feeding operation, H.O.M.E.S., Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois Livestock Development Group, Illinois State Geological Survey, Jo Daviess County, karst, Nora, Tradition Dairy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Chicken That Didn’t Cross Too Many Roads
July 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 […]
Tags: · agriculture, 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
Follow the Road “that way” to Nora
July 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
(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 the bushes. And […]
Tags: · A.J. Bos, agriculture, 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
