Hello All: Faye asked me to forward this to the list as she's experiencing some technical problems w/ her ECOFEM account at the moment. Please reply to the list or to Faye, as I have no further details. Stefanie ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hello, > > I thought I would post the following information in response to > Glynis Carr's posting about large scale hogs farms. This phenomenon > is taking place in many locales around North America (and has been > going on in Europe as well). > > I am involved with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance and this is a major > issue we have been working on. I have just put up a Web Site for the ISA > and info on Hog Farms is available there. The url is: > > http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~isa > > I will be putting up an extensive lists of links related to this issue > within a week or so. > > Email me and I can give you the phone number of an ISA staff member who > does organizing around this issue. > > You can contact Rhonda Perry or Roger Allison of the Missouri Rural > Crisis Cenetr at 710 Rangeland St in Columbia, Mo (again, I can give you > their phone #). > > Their are many communities in Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, and > Western Canada facing the same scaenario in your town. We are looking > into forming a network and I may start a listserv if there is enough > interest. > > Thanks for passing this along to your friend. > > Best Wishes, > > Faye Anderson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************