|
|  |
Large Scale, Corporate Hog Operations: Why rural communities are concerned and what they should do
| Title: | Large Scale, Corporate Hog Operations: Why rural communities are concerned and what they should do | | Author: | Ikerd, John | | Date Published: | July 18, 2003 | | Source: | University of Missouri, Columbia | | PDF: |  | | Abstract: | Ikerd articulates the top ten reasons for rural communities to be concerned about large scale confined agriculture feeding operations (CAFOs), looks at why rural communities accept CAFOs, proposes the notion of sustainable land use as a challenge to the current economic system that drives CAFO expansion, and calls on rural communities to be more active in shaping their futures. |
|
|
| |
