It made me feel old. I also felt how deep in my land, in Martell, I have set my roots. The effects of factory farms on the areas where they have established themselves are well documented.
Factory farms use farm animals as the machines to produce a toxic industry.
There are already agricultural products from the U.S. that are banned in European countries because of the hormones, etc., that are commonly used at these facilities. The economic future of farming does not lie in the direction of products that cannot be sold. All of these truly disastrous affects and others have been experienced by other Americans, other people living and farming in formerly beautiful rural areas. We have the opportunity to learn from history and not make the same mistakes. It is our duty to use our God given common sense and demand that our elected officials protect our health, safety and well being by opposing the establishment of factory farms in Martell Township and all of Pierce County.