County Regional Environmental
Evaluation KO-Alition
LINKS

The Meatrix: Fight Factory farms in Canada.

Canadian Sites

Bill 81 - Ontario Proposed Nutrient Mangament Act 2001
Ontario Ministry of Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) website for
Nutrient Management Act and Regulations
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/agops/index.html

Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/

The Environmental Registry
The Environmental Registry provides Ontario residents with access to vital information on environmentally significant proposals and decisions of prescribed Ontario government ministries.
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/

CEFEO - Citizens for the Environment and Future in Eastern Ontario
The organization was founded in East-Hawkesbury on February 15, 2003, in response to threat that industrial promoters will establish hog factories in St. Eugene and Ste. Anne de Prescott, two villages in the Ontario township of East-Hawkesbury, at the border with Québec towns of Rigaud, Très-St-Rédempteur et Pointe-Fortune.
http://www.cefeo.org

Factory Farms
New website for the citizens fighting hog barn expansion in the Kincardine Area (Bruce County).
http://www.bmts.com/~jkaminski/kincard/

Farms Not Factories
FNF is committed to stopping the formation of ILOs in Tweed and its environs by every legal means.
http://www.farmsnotfactories.com

Hog Watch Manitoba
Hog Watch Manitoba is a coalition of social and environmental groups, farmers, friends of animals, social justice advocates, trade unionists and scientists. We are concerned about the industrialization of livestock raising in Manitoba.
http://www.hogwatchmanitoba.org/

PORC (Protect Our Rural Communities) was founded in December, 2001 to protect rural and suburban residents from the health and environmental risks of big hog operations. It consists of farmers, villagers and urban residents.
http://www.orleansonline.ca/PORC/

Poop Patrol
"Poop Patrol" is a large group fighting an intensive hog operation (10,000 pigs) in New Brunswick. It is an extensive site with many links across Canada.
http://www.mondata.com/action

Stop the Hogs
STOP the HOGS Coalition is a group of concerned ratepayers of the RMs of Barrier Valley and Ponass Lake that are opposed to a proposal by North East Hogs/Big Sky Farms Inc. to establish a 5000-sow mega hog operation somewhere in the Tisdale/Archerwill area of Saskatchewan.
http://www.stopthehogs.com/

SIERRA LEGAL DEFENCE FUND
An organization with a mandate to provide free legal services to environmental groups and concerned citizens.
http://www.sierralegal.org

SIERRA Club of Canada
The Sierra Club was founded by naturalist and writer John Muir in 1892 to protect the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada. Over the years, the activites of the Sierra Club have expanded to include issues ranging from climate change and energy to toxic chemical contamination and loss of biological diversity. The Sierra Club has been active in Canada since 1969, working on matters of public policy and environmental awareness.
http://www.sierraclub.ca

Walkerton Inquiry
Walkerton Commission of Inquiry Reports
Ministry of the Attorney General - Ontario
Walkerton Reports

Manure Net
Manure Nutrient Management. Agriculture Canada Site covering regulations and directives for all Canadian Provinces.
Manure Net

CIELAP: Research
Liquid Assets: Monitoring Water Quality in Ontario
This report, produced in cooperation with Toronto and York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies, looks at trends in water-quality monitoring and enforcement in Ontario.
http://www.cielap.org/liquidassets.html

National Farmers Union
A Proposal for Monitoring and Enforcing Regulations on Intensive Livestock Operations - Submitted by the National Farmers Union - Region 7 (Alberta)
To the Sustainable Management of the Livestock Industry in Alberta Committee - Barrhead, Alberta January 31, 2001
http://www.nfu.ca/AltaILO.htm

Safe Drinking Water Foundation (SDWF)
SDWF is a registered charitable organization. Its primary purpose is to find treatment and preventative solutions to make surface and ground water safe for human consumption in rural areas of the world.
http://www.safewater.org

Safe Water Group:
A DAILY NEWS SOURCE about social justice, democracy, and environmental issues. A 100% volunteer website.
http://www.safewatergroup.org

SERLO - The Society for Environmentally Responsible Livestock Operations
A non-profit organization that is a registered Society with the Province of Alberta, SERLO and it's members are undertaking progressive and very positive steps to ensure that agriculture in Alberta maintains the sustainability, economic viability and environmental stewardship that has earned Alberta farmers and their produce, worldwide respect.
http://www.serlo.org

Canadian Environment Law Association
The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is a non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. It is also a free legal advisory clinic for the public, and will act at hearings and in courts on behalf of citizens or citizens' groups who are otherwise unable to afford legal assistance. Funded by Legal Aid Ontario, CELA is one of 72 community legal clinics located across Ontario, 15 of which offer services in specialized areas of the law.
http://www.cela.ca

USA Sites

Professor Ikerd
Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics University of Missouri Columbia. - A recognized authority on ILO's. Since retiring from the University in early 2000, Ikerd spends most of his time writing and speaking out on issues related to sustainable agriculture with an emphasis on the economics of sustainability.
Professor Ikerd Papers

Cesspools of Shame
How Factory Farm Lagoons and Sprayfields Threaten Environmental and Public Health.
National Resources Defense Council

Environmental Defence Hog Watch
Environmental Defense's central source for information and action on industrial hog farming in North Carolina.
http://www.environmentaldefense.org

FARM - Families Against Rural Messes - Illinois
http://www.farmweb.org/

Institue for Agriculture and trade policy
Promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
http://www.iatp.org

Neuse RiverLaw & Waterkeepers (Fighting hog pollution)
The purpose of this website is to post information and pictures that demonstrate the incredible amount of pollution generated by the practices of the hog industry and the state's failed enforcement effort. The consequences of this pollution are also provided.
http://www.riverlaw.us/pages/1/index.htm

Sustainable Agriculture Network
The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) is the national outreach arm of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE). program, administered by USDA-CSREES USDA-CSREES.
http://www.sare.org/bulletin/hogs/index.htm

The Grace Factory Farm Project - USA
Their goal is to eliminate factory farming in favour of a sustainable food production system which is
- Healthful and humane
- economically viable
- and environmentally sound
http://www.factoryfarm.com

The Water Keeper Organization
The Water Keeper Organization, which is headed by Robert Kennedy Jr. is starting a program out of Kingston to monitor Lake Ontario. This is a very good site.
http://www.waterkeeper.ca

Swine Farm Zoning Notebook - USA
Contains statutes, regulations, ordinances, and court cases addressing zoning, nuisance, and animal waste management issues for swine farm operations and other intensive livestock operations.
SwineFarmZoningNotebook

Funders Group on Confined Animal Feeding Operations
A great report on the environmental impacts of factory hog farms, published by the Funders Group on Confined Animal Feeding Operations is now available on the web:
http://www.iatp.org/hogreport

CELDF - The Community Environment Legal Defense Fund
CELDF was formed to provide free and affordable legal services to grassroots, community-based groups and local governments working to protect their quality of life and natural environment through building sustainable communities.
http://www.celdf.org

The New Farm - The Pig Page
At NewFarm.org, the mission is to inform, encourage, equip and inspire farmers with the support they need to take the important transition steps toward regenerative agriculture.
http://www.newfarm.org/depts/pig_page/index.shtml

PennFuture
PennFuture works to create a just future where nature, communities and the economy thrive. We enforce environmental laws and advocate for the transformation of public policy, public opinion and the marketplace to restore and protect the environment and safeguard public health.
http://www.pennfuture.org

Reference Material

Analysis of Intensive Hog Farming in Quebec
If you're looking for information concerning intensive hog farming in Quebec, you've come to the right place. This site briefly outlines the results of an extensive research project performed by students in the School of Environment at McGill University.
Analysis of Intensive Hog Farming in Quebec

The GRACE Factory Farm Project Guide to Confronting a CAFO.
The GRACE Factory Farm Project has recently released a new activist handbook on organizing against factory farms - The GRACE Factory Farm Project Guide to Confronting a CAFO. It is a step-by-step 'how to' manual for anyone interested in taking action against a CAFO. Included are tips on the type of information to gather, where to find it, and what to do once all the relevant information has been obtained. The guide also contains suggestions on organizing and working with the media, as well as an extensive appendix.

You can find the Guide to Confronting a CAFO online at www.factoryfarm.org/guide. GRACE is also offering it free on CD-rom and in printed form to any interested party.

Please copy and share the guide, or have any interested party call (212) 726-9161 or email factoryfarm@gracelinks.org for a printed version.

Diane Hatz
Communications & Marketing Director
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
215 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1001
New York, NY 10016
tel. 212-726-9161
fax 212-726-9160
www.factoryfarm.org
www.gracelinks.org