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    Tag: blow flies

    Preview 5 — You Know You Live Near a Factory Farm When Your Kids Go Fishing with a Pool Skimmer

    An Uncensored Look at Today’s Farming Practices by Doug Baird

    New group of ten pages from the book:

    16. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when the farmers and the regulators are the same people.52. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when “agritourism” means they’ve come to study the new pathogens.78. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when you realize they’re an invasive species.25. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when your viewscape is turkey vultures circling the offal bins.14. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when your Bed and Breakfast is shut and closed.49. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when it’s no laughing matter.26. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when the air you breathe would get a toxic waste dump shut down.29. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when blowflies are the top of the food chain.15. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when you’re a long way from a country club. 50. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when politicians won’t kiss your blue baby.

    Posted on May 16, 2018July 4, 2019Categories Rural Tompkins BlogsTags Agricultural pollution, blow flies, blue baby, blue-green algae, cafo, factory farms, invasive species, liquid manure, pathogens, rural tompkins County, soil and water committee, Tompkins County, voluntary guidelines

    Preview — You Know You Live Near a Factory Farm When Your Kids Go Fishing with a Pool Skimmer

    An Uncensored Look at Today’s Farming Practices by Doug Baird

    Five pages from the book:

    13. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when the lake has more warning signs than tourists.

    1. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when your bug-zapper sounds like a popcorn machine.

    39. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when the snow-melt is brown.

    4. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when they buy more antibiotics than a hospital.

    47. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when county employees won’t pick up the phone.

    More pages will be posted in future blogs.

    Posted on March 22, 2018July 4, 2019Categories Rural Tompkins BlogsTags agricultural antibiotics, Agricultural pollution, algae blooms, algal bloom, blow flies, factory farms, manure runoff, rural tompkins County, Tompkins County
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