Fish Kills

Download this in PDF form, here. What is a fish kill? When a lot of fish die in a localized area, it is often referred to as a fish kill or die-off. You will often see dead fish and other aquatic organisms floating on the water’s surface when there is a fish kill. The water…

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Ladder of Advocacy — Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Most animal production in the United States comes from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), also referred to as factory farms. Confining hundreds to hundreds of thousands of animals together, often pumped with multiple antibiotics at every meal, poses a significant number of environmental and human health threats that are well documented, such as antibiotic resistance,…

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Ladder of Advocacy — Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Injustice in Our Industrial Food System: CAFOs and Racial Inequity

The Environmental Injustice of CAFOs Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) threaten our rural economies, public health, and environmental quality. All of these negative impacts disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color because of where CAFOs operate and who they employ. Therefore, CAFOs are an example of environmental racism: “the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards…

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MCE Continues to Watchdog Environmental Agencies During COVID-19

MCE Continues to Watchdog Environmental Agencies During COVID-19 As COVID-19 has put a strain on the country’s agriculture and other industries, federal and state agencies have decided to loosen regulations at the cost of health and environmental harm to communities, industry workers, farmers, and families.    On March 26, 2020, the United States Environmental Protection…

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Senate Bill 391: Fighting to Reclaim Local Control

As of January 1, 2019, there were 506 concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the state of Missouri. While other states – like our neighbors in Iowa – have significantly more CAFOs than we do, Missouri may have the weakest rules governing CAFOs in the entire country. CAFOs present a slew of environmental, human health,…

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CAFO Cartoon Videos Mislead the Public

There are a lot of misinformation about the impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on our health, on our environment, and on rural communities and economies. MCE has long been fighting the proliferation of CAFOs in Missouri and seek to provide thorough information about their negative impacts on Missourians. In October, the University of Missouri…

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CAFO Cartoon Videos Mislead the Public