CAFO Conference, Tuesday, Oct 14, Thiebaud Auditorium, Lamar, MO.

Thiebaud Auditorium
105 E. 11th Ttreet
Lamar, MO. 64759
7:00pm, Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Joplin Globe reported, Wednesday, September 24, 2008, that the program will begin at 7 p.m. with a showing of a documentary, “Everyone Lives Downstream.’’ The film, produced by two students at Pittsburg (Kan.) State University, depicts the impact of poultry CAFOs at Roaring River State Park. It will be followed by a report from a representative of the Roaring River Parks Alliance, which is mounting a legal fight.

Those attending will receive an update on a legal issue from a resident of Richland Township in Barton County, where voters overwhelmingly adopted measures last year to regulate hog CAFOs in the township. The vote was thrown out by a circuit judge. Residents have appealed the decision to a higher court.

Cat Logan Smith, with the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, and Rhonda Perry, with the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, also will speak. A representative of the Missouri Farmers Union also is set to speak.

The conference will continue with remarks by John Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He will talk about the economic impact of CAFOs on family farms.

The conference will conclude with the showing of “Farming Was My Life,’’ a documentary that depicts the negative impact of factory farms on rural communities and traditional farmers.

Contact Links:
Roaring River Parks Alliance
Missouri Coalition of the the Environment
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
John Ikerd, PhD. University of Missouri-Columbia
Missouri Farmers Union

"Farming Was My Life", produced by Holly Hobbs
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

"Everyone Lives Downstream", produced by Tyler Swezey and Anthony Monteleone