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Getting ready for November
The link below will allow you to check that your voter registration is up to date and will also give you your state congressional district information.
https://www.voterview.ar-nova.org/VoterView/RegistrantSearch.do
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Who's the Integrator Now?
Making sure everyone understands.
Recently we have noticed, in media and elsewhere, references to Minnesota based Cargill as the integrator1 for C&H. While it is true that Cargill was the initial integrator and therefore responsible for the siting of C&H hog factory within the Buffalo River Watershed, Cargill sold its entire pork division to JBS in 2015. JBS is headquartered in Brazil.
JBS paid $1.45 billion for all of Cargill’s pork business including packing plants, feed mills and hog production facilities. The sale included the contract with the infamous Buffalo River facility.
As we've noted before, the profits go to Brazil, the pig poop stays here.
1 Integrator- In the case of pork production, the company/integrator provides pigs, feed, and other services to a producer who manages the hogs at his or her farm until the animals are ready for market or transfer to other farms. The "farmer" does not own the pigs and is required to use only the feed provided by the integrator. The "farmer" is responsible for managing the pig waste and any pigs that die while under his care.
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Special Edition Commemorative T-shirt
Time is short offer ends 22 September at 11:30 PM
Want to perk up your Fall Fashion wearables? Our goal is to reach 1,972 shirts purchased in honor of the founding date (1972) of the first river ever to be declared a National Park, the Buffalo National River in the Ozark Mountains.
Today our river could use a little help from its friends. Support the work the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance does to keep the Buffalo running clear and free forever. All profits go to defend the river.
Variety of styles, colors and sizes available including youth
Buy Now
https://www.bonfire.com/brwa-fall-fundraiser-live-it-wear-it/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=campaign_page&utm_campaign=brwa-fall-fundraiser-live-it-wear-it&utm_content=default
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In Case You Missed It #1
LTE
Protecting the water, air and wild places that we all need, is going to require well informed, scientifically sound discussion.
Comparing two million gallons of factory produced hog manure to wild deer poop is not well informed or scientifically sound.
The hog manure is the residue left over from feeding thousands of tons of imported, nutrients. Nutrients trucked into the Ozarks as concentrated swine feed, eaten by the hogs and then spread onto fields as manure. All the polluting nutrients in the hog manure are new to the ecosystem, brought in from somewhere else.
All the deer poop, squirrel poop, etc., is just the result of wildlife eating the acorns, roots and grass that are already present in the Ozark ecosystem.
The pollution of the Buffalo River is the result of nutrients imported from outside the Ozarks. Wild animals are not importing anything. Wildlife is not part of the pollution problem.
Brad Taylor Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival
24 Oct 2018 5:00 PM • FAYETTEVILLE TOWN CENTER 15 W Mountain St, Fayetteville, AR 72701
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour is a collection of films from the annual festival held in Nevada City, CA which is now in its 16th year! Wild & Scenic focuses on films which speak to the environmental concerns and celebrations of our planet. “Films featured at Wild & Scenic showcase frontline activism and stunning cinematography,” says On Tour Manager, Johan Ehde. “Our changing Earth is at the forefront of conversations nationally and globally. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that individuals propel the groundswell of the environmental movement. Collectively, we CAN make a difference! ”
Purchase tickets online : https://proc.ticketleap.com/wsff2018/
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Don't Wait purchase tickets now.
$15/ ticket . Benefit for Buffalo River Watershed Alliance
Join Pack Rat in exploring one of the nation’s premiere environmental and adventure film festivals. See stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling that informs, inspires and ignites solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation. See a mixture of award winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, Native American and indigenous cultures.
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Other events include:
What's Happening to Our Buffalo River? Find out at the Algae and Impairment Update.
Pizza Postcards and Update ! Get informed and take action.
September 20, 6-7:30 at St.Paul's Episcopal Church Fayetteville AR 224 N East Ave, Fayetteville. Check our website for details.
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Conway EcoFest 6 October Laurel Park, Conway. In conjunction with ArtFest Family friendly event with BRWA table and activities for kids
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Buffalo River Benefit Boogie 20 October starting at sundown
Murray Community Building, Newton County
Check the BRWA website for details
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3rd Arkansas Environmental Summit 26 October 9-1 at Pulaski Tech, North Little Rock
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In Case You Missed It #2
LTE
Arkansans should take action for the Buffalo
Bill Underwood’s Sept. 5 letter to the editor focused meaningfully on the disastrous polluting hog farming near our national treasure, the Buffalo River. How can we, the concerned, attempt to make a difference?....
I, a senior senior, do not have a computer so I cannot generate specific addresses. But hopefully the readers get the idea — do something. ....
MONA W. BROWN
Mona, Thanks for your letter. We suggest calling the Governor to remind him that Arkansans expect the complete shutdown of the C&H facility, fair compensation to the farmers, and the establishment of a permanent moratorium on future hog CAFOs in the Buffalo River Watershed. Call (501) 682-2345.
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Poll Results
In the July newsletter we asked "What do you think is the current status of C&H?"
Percentage of responses for each were:
a) Their permit was denied and they are shutting down. 1.5%
b) Their permit was approved and they continue to operate. 0.7%
c) Their permit was denied but they continue to operate. 40.9%
d) Their permit is in legal limbo and they continue to operate. 56.9%
The answer is both c and d. BRWA is actively engaged in legal challenges before the APC&E Commission and, in spite of delaying tactics and efforts to exhaust our funds, we remain committed to closure of C&H.
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Thanks Steve!
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Please go to DONATE NOW to contribute and become a part of our campaign. If you would rather send a check, please make it payable to “Buffalo River Watershed Alliance” and mail to:
Buffalo River Watershed Alliance
Box 101
Jasper, AR 72641.
Thank you for your continued support.
Buffalo River Watershed Alliance
buffalowatershed@gmail.com |
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