Legislation Would Study Air Emissions from Industrial Animal Farms Everyone deserves the right to know if the air they breathe could be making them sick. While the state of Maryland monitors air pollution from cars and factories, the same cannot be said for one of Maryland’s largest industries that also emits pollutants- industrial animal agriculture. …
Guest blog post by Lisa and Joe Inzerillo, Princess Anne, Md. Forgive the pun, but we live with a fowl stench. That’s because a mega-chicken farm was built right on top of our home. This new poultry complex isn’t the family farm you may have in your head. It’s more like the Super Walmart of …
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By Mitchelle Stephenson When Fair Farms launched in December, we had two top legislative priorities for the 2016 Maryland General Assembly: antibiotics legislation (SB 607/HB 829) that would restrict the routine use of human antimicrobials in livestock that is not sick; and the Poultry Litter Management Act (SB 496/HB 599), a bill that would place …
As an Allegany County farmer, I know it’s not easy to find organic and sustainably raised poultry, let alone afford it. My family eats chicken from Perdue, Tyson, and other brands that grow broilers on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Quite frankly, it ticks me off that these companies take our money and rake in billions every …
