Factory farming is pushing independent farmers to the edge of extinction

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 3:23 p.m.

b'A proposed concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in Burnett County, Wisconsin, is slated to house 26,000 hogs and produce millions of gallons of liquid manure every year. Residents fear the irreparable damage a facility of that size could do to their air, land, and waterways, as well as to their property values and the local economy, and many fear there\\u2019s nothing they can do to stop it. As part of TRNN\\u2019s special collaboration with In These Times magazine for \\u201cThe Wisconsin Idea,\\u201d TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez traveled with Cameron Granadino (TRNN) and Hannah Faris (In These Times) to Burnett and Polk counties to speak with farmers and residents in the area about their underreported struggle to protect their communities from the factory farming industry. In this interview, we speak with local farmer and beekeeper Kristy Lynn Allen about the damage the industrialization of farming has done to agriculture in general, and about the damage the new CAFO would do specifically to farmers like her. Allen is the founder of The Beez Kneez, LLC, and serves as president of the local chapter of the Wisconsin Farmers Union. #BigAgriculture #Farming #IndependentFarmers #FactoryFarming #Rural

Pre-production:
Maximillian Alvarez
Simon Davis-Cohen
Hannah Faris
Cameron Granadino

\\ufeffStudio:
Cameron Granadino
Stephen Frank

\\ufeffPost-production:
Cameron Granadino
Stephen Frank
Kayla Rivara

The Wisconsin Idea is an independent reporting project of People\\u2019s Action Institute, Citizen Action of Wisconsin and In These Times.

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