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\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, January 6, 2020)\u00a0In the midst of recalls of romaine lettuce contaminated with a pathogenic strain of\u00a0E. coli<\/em>, states and counties across the country are calling for a moratorium on large confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Now Senator Cory Booker is seeking to pass similar legislation at the national level. These industrial-scale operations are commonly referred to as \u201cfactory farms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tell your U.S. Senator to cosponsor the Farm System Reform Act introduced by Sen. Cory Booker.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In the last week of November 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a food safety alert concerning a multistate outbreak of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce harvested from Salinas, California. As of November 25, 67 cases had been reported across 19 states, 39 of which required hospitalization, including six who developed kidney failure. The E. coli strain causing the outbreak \u2014 O157:H7, also known as STEC \u2014 is genetically identical to that responsible for lettuce-related outbreaks in 2017 and 2018. STEC is a dangerous, Shiga toxin-producing type of E. coli. Other outbreaks occurred earlier in 2019 as well.<\/p>\n

Dangerous strains of E. coli, including O157:H7, are typically associated with cattle in feedlot conditions. The first of the two outbreaks in 2018 was traced back to manure runoff from a CAFO in the vicinity of the lettuce farm, which polluted water that was used to irrigate the lettuce fields. CAFOs are a major source of water contamination throughout the U.S. As noted by the\u00a0Arizona Department of Environmental Quality<\/a>,\u00a0“<\/em>Nationwide and in Arizona, the potential for surface and ground water pollution exists through livestock facility discharge of manure-contaminated run off to natural waterways and through wastewater leaching to aquifers.\u00a0Water and air pollution lead the list of concerns that have led to a number of state and local initiatives to institute moratoria on new and expanded CAFOs.\u00a0Iowa<\/a>, which has experienced an explosion of CAFOs, is the example these people want to avoid. In\u00a0South Dakota<\/a>, Lyle Reimnitz, who lives a half-mile from a Davison County hog farm with a permit for 8,000 sows, says, \u201cI don’t wanFt to see South Dakota become another Iowa,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don’t need all our rivers and streams polluted. I know everybody wants cheap meat, but that comes at a terrible price for people who live here.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Wisconsin, supporters of a statewide moratorium on CAFOs are urging concerned citizens to ask County Supervisors, Town Board Members, and City Councillors to pass\u00a0resolutions supporting a state-wide CAFO moratorium<\/a>. In California,\u00a0a report on dairy CAFOs<\/a>\u00a0found that \u201cmajor production externalities are still imposed upon the communities in which Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are located, due in large part to lack of resources, information, enforcement capability and political will on the part of local and regional regulatory agencies.\u201d And, in\u00a0Indiana<\/a>, a report by the Indiana Business Research Center found, \u201cFor town residential properties, having the closest RLO [regulated livestock operation, or CAFO] upwind of the residence reduced the sale price by $4,980.00 and if the closest RLO contained dairy cattle, the sale price was further reduced by $32,340.00 for every 100 mature head.\u201d In addition to these concerned citizens, the\u00a0American Public Health Association<\/a>\u00a0has also called for a moratorium on CAFOs.<\/p>\n

A majority of Americans say they want more stringent oversight of large-scale livestock operations, according to a\u00a0national poll<\/a>\u00a0by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for a Livable Future released December 10, 2019.<\/p>\n

Traditional family farmers, and groups like the National Farmers Union, favor judicious regulatory controls due to the overall deleterious impacts these industrial agricultural sites have on rural communities. Other impacts include odors and fugitive dust that might contain antibiotic-resistant organisms.<\/p>\n

Senator Booker’s bill, the Farm System Reform Act, would require that “corporate integrators” are “responsible for pollution and other harm caused by CAFOs,\u201d which would be phased out by 2040.<\/p>\n

Tell your U.S. Senator to cosponsor the Farm System Reform Act introduced by Sen. Cory Booker.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Letter to Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am writing to ask you to cosponsor the Farm System Reform Act, unveiled by Senator Cory Booker in December.<\/p>\n

In the midst of recalls of romaine lettuce contaminated with a pathogenic strain of E. coli, states and counties across the country are calling for a moratorium on large confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Sen. Booker\u2019s bill seeks a moratorium at the national level.<\/p>\n

In the last week of November 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a food safety alert concerning a multistate outbreak of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce harvested from Salinas, California. As of November 25, 67 cases had been reported across 19 states, 39 of which required hospitalization, including six who developed kidney failure. The E. coli strain causing the outbreak \u2014 O157:H7, also known as STEC \u2014 is genetically identical to that responsible for lettuce-related outbreaks in 2017 and 2018. STEC is a dangerous, Shiga toxin-producing type of E. coli. Other outbreaks occurred earlier in 2019 as well.<\/p>\n

E. coli O157:H7 is typically associated with cattle. The first of the two outbreaks in 2018 was traced back to manure runoff from a CAFO in the vicinity of the lettuce farm, which polluted water that was used to irrigate the lettuce fields. CAFOs are a major source of water contamination throughout the U.S. As noted by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, “Nationwide and in Arizona, the potential for surface and ground water pollution exists through livestock facility discharge of manure-contaminated run off to natural waterways and through wastewater leaching to aquifers.”<\/p>\n

Water and air pollution lead the list of concerns that have led to a number of state and local initiatives to institute moratoria on new and expanded CAFOs. Iowa, which has experienced an explosion of CAFOs, is the example these people want to avoid. In South Dakota, Lyle Reimnitz, who lives a half-mile from a Davison County hog farm with a permit for 8,000 sows, says, \u201cI don\u2019t want to see South Dakota become another Iowa,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t need all our rivers and streams polluted. I know everybody wants cheap meat, but that comes at a terrible price for people who live here.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Wisconsin, supporters of a statewide moratorium on CAFOs are urging concerned citizens to ask County Supervisors, Town Board Members, and City Councillors to pass resolutions supporting a state-wide CAFO moratorium. In California, a report on dairy CAFOs found that \u201cmajor production externalities are still imposed upon the communities in which Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are located, due in large part to lack of resources, information, enforcement capability and political will on the part of local and regional regulatory agencies.\u201d In Indiana, a report by the Indiana Business Research Center found, \u201cFor town residential properties, having the closest RLO [regulated livestock operation, or CAFO] upwind of the residence reduced the sale price by $4,980.00 and if the closest RLO contained dairy cattle, the sale price was further reduced by $32,340.00 for every 100 mature head.\u201d In addition to these concerned citizens, the American Public Health Association has also called for a moratorium on CAFOs.<\/p>\n

A majority of Americans say they want more stringent oversight of large-scale livestock operations, according to a national poll by Johns Hopkins University\u2019s Center for a Livable Future released December 10, 2019.<\/p>\n

Please cosponsor Senator Booker\u2019s bill, the Farm System Reform Act, which would require that “corporate integrators” are “responsible for pollution and other harm caused by CAFOs\u201d and phase them out by 2040.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The E. coli strain causing the outbreak \u2014 O157:H7, also known as STEC \u2014 is genetically identical to that responsible for lettuce-related outbreaks in 2017 and 2018. STEC is a dangerous, Shiga toxin-producing type of E. coli. Other outbreaks occurred earlier in 2019 as well. Dangerous strains of E. coli, including O157:H7, are typically associated with cattle in feedlot conditions. 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