Oct 28, 2025
Is a farm waste biogas plant coming to a town near you? Seems like California is financing a whole bunch of them. Check it out! https://foodandwater.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=a40e6dc32bfa4165af469b3a648d4a76 Biogas plants concentrate the...
Oct 28, 2025
Smithfield Foods, now owned by the WH Group, apparently owns one of every four pigs in the United States. Is that a problem? https://share.google/Xcw777keHKLaf8gcc It’s something we have known for a while, but hopefully others are waking up. The KnowCAFOs...
Oct 23, 2025
Municipal water systems surely represent a lot of humans, but rural well owners have few options to resolve a polluted well. Maybe they deserve some consideration? DNR Highlights Importance Of State Revolving Fund Programs For Clean, Safe Water In Wisconsin...
Oct 11, 2025
I’m sure we all remember the Bill that Governor Evers vetoed a couple years back that attempted to make local ordinances around farming illegal. The following article explains that it might be back in 2026. It also discusses another County’s attempt to...
Oct 10, 2025
While we are not running into this situation currently, it is important to keep an eye on it because of the potentially deleterious effect it could have on our water. The following article is from Michigan and Chronicles problems arising with siting and operations of...
Oct 9, 2025
Sure enough, another day another study. Maybe somebody will take a look at the rules one day and make some adjustments to defend our water from the obvious. Here’s the article. https://www.wuwm.com/nitrate-runoff-agriculture-clean-drinking-water-wisconsin Thanks...
Oct 7, 2025
A study in Michigan recently discovered what we already knew: CAFOs pollute. Whether our concern is air, water, traffic, light or just noise pollution, CAFOs have it all. The following article and sub-articles connected to it are a nice source of information on the...
Sep 26, 2025
Bring your water in a clean jar. Register below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdL026tU_AR8XBGEeociXTAWjjwJK9HZH29qrr-Rvk4w7FHeg/viewform?pli=1 Thank you for your continuing support. The KnowCAFOs Team
Sep 24, 2025
At this point we are all aware that nitrate contamination is a serious problem for rural well owners in Wisconsin. The following article does a good job of pointing out the problem. https://share.google/o8WIUV30w85nsJRSy It would be nice if the Wisconsin legislature...
Sep 21, 2025
Water is life and bad water is bad life or sick life or no life. Actually, it’s pretty simple. If you drink polluted water, you’re not going to be healthy. Your family’s not going to be healthy. Your animals are not going to be healthy. The following...
