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“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – “9-Point Plan Game”

Posted on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020Categories Rural Tompkins BlogsTags 9 Point Plan, Cayuga Lake, Cornithaca County, liquid manure, manure runoff, Nutrient Pollution, political influence, Tompkins County

Preview 6 — 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:

34. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when the grandparents have to tell your kids what nature used to be like. 72. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when their farming practices are more disastrous than those of a century ago. 88. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when you pay more property taxes for your woodlot than they do for their farm. 12. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when you’re always being told how important they are. 20. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when your taxes subsidize their workers, and their workers send it out of the country. 22. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when it keeps getting bigger — while your community gets smaller. 66. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when agricultural studies always produce the desired result. 86. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when politicians and bureaucrats make excuses for them. 54. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when their animals and their neighbors both have a reduced life expectancy. 68. You know you live near a Factory Farm, when their community orientation is “dogs in a pit.”