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  CAFO's, CAFO's everywhere.

  I sympathize with anyone who lives near a CAFO. My husband and I live in rural Illinois in a home we built in 2002. In 2006, a mega-farm hog confinement (17,000 animals) was built a little over 1/2 mile from our home. Since, we have seen large piles of dead, bloated sows lying in the July sun that were heaped outside the confinement. We smell it 40 to 50% of the time - sometimes so bad we've put towels under the doors to keep it out of the house. Most people in this country have no idea this is going on, where their meat comes from, how it's raised and fed and the huge amount of antibiotics it's given.

  As far as being a second class citizen - I don't even feel that important. More like a throw-away citizen. Our property doesn't matter, our lives don't matter, our health doesn't matter - nothing does except big business. The thought of eating pork  - well, I just don't anymore. Everytime I smell pork cooking it smells like the confinement and is nauseating. I refuse to buy anything that comes from factory farming. I will not put any of my money in their pockets.

  I won't give up fighting them, though. I realize how rough it is and how frustrating it is and that sometimes it gets so stressful you have to take a step back. But, if enough people get involved and continue to stay involved - something will change. If we don't, they will just continue to build more in more states and ruin more lives, environment, health and property.

  Central IllinoisOn A frustrated resident speaks out posted 2 years ago 10 Responses