http://looncommons.org/2007/10/28/the-case-against-cafos/ A forum for current and emerging environmental and conservation issues in Minnesota. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:31:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://looncommons.org/2007/10/28/the-case-against-cafos/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Loon Commons: Dedicated to Protecting and Restoring Minnesota’s Environment » Blog Archive » Swine Flu’s Flunkies Mon, 11 May 2009 20:55:47 +0000 http://looncommons.org/2007/10/28/the-case-against-cafos/#comment-445 [...] One would be hard put to find anything positive about the recent outbreak of swine flu. However, it has generated a healthy discussion—first via blogs and later, after being goaded by those same blogs, by the general media—over the price we are paying for allowing large-scale factory meat companies like Smithfield Foods to have their way in communities here and abroad. Swine flu may have faded from the headlines for now, but swine factories remain a nightmarish presence for all too many rural residents. [...] [...] One would be hard put to find anything positive about the recent outbreak of swine flu. However, it has generated a healthy discussion—first via blogs and later, after being goaded by those same blogs, by the general media—over the price we are paying for allowing large-scale factory meat companies like Smithfield Foods to have their way in communities here and abroad. Swine flu may have faded from the headlines for now, but swine factories remain a nightmarish presence for all too many rural residents. [...]

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