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IA neighborhood takes on big hog

October 6, 2017, Howard County, IA – A small group of people in Howard County is fighting Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) by forming a covenant.

Families in mostly Albion Township but also Forest City, Howard Center and Vernon Springs have signed the legal promise to each other that they and any future owners of their land will not allow a CAFO to be built on the property and will not allow liquid manure to be spread on those acres. READ MORE