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1. What is a CAFO and how is it different from traditional farming? Facilities that raise large numbers of farm animals in a confined area for the majority or entirety of the animals life. Different from traditional farming because of the shift from small family farms to large scale facilities has dramatically changed how food is roduced.

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!. What ty es of CAFOs are in Farm"ille? #ow many animals are housed in each CAFO? One oultry and three swine facilities with oultry housing $%&%%% laying hens and swine housing '&%%% to $&'%% igs. (. )ased u on what you currently *now about CAFOs& what can you infer are some of the issues for each side of the CAFO contro"ersy? What are some of the "iew oints that ro onents and o onents may state for and against CAFOs? A+A,-./ FO1 larger swine facility would bring more goods and ser"ices to the CAF2 business and meat ac*aging facility in the neighboring country could also increase roduction and hire more wor*ers bring more ta0es

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1. What did you learn about CAFOs? /hat large facilities are ta*ing o"er small farms in order to ma*e more money. /hese facilities ty ically aren3t the best en"ironment for animals. /hey are commonly owned by 4.. or internation com anies. 4.. 5n"ironmental 2rotection Agency re orts that there are roughly !'%&%%% animal feeding o erations of which 1'&'%% meet the stricter criteria for CAFOs. !. What are or might be some of the negati"e concerns with CAFOs? /he raising of ta0es as well as the condition these animals are ut in and whether it is healthy to be feeding them what the business feed them. /he worry that they won3t recei"e the best treatment because it3s chea er to do it another way. (. During your re"iew of the reference material& which references are biased and which are unbiased? #ow can you tell? /he 4nified -ational .trategy for Animal Feeding O erations because it was robably written by the eo le who created CAFOs.

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1. What concerns and medical conditions ha"e you heard the residents e0 ress? Asthma due to the order of the oultry CAFO and from the 2attengill CAFO& also u set stomachs& nausea& and diarrhea. CAFO olluting air 6uality can cause lung roblems. !. What do they belie"e is the source of their illnesses? /he CAFO factories. (. .hould you consider their e0 eriences with the CAFO for your "ote? 7es& because if it is harming so many eo le why should we ut the eo le in danger. We need to ut into considerations their concerns. 8. 4sing the facts you ha"e learned from your inde endent research and the concerns you ha"e heard from the residents& what is your current osition concerning the ro osed CAFO e0 ansion? 9y current osition is "ery s ectacle because hearing all these concerns and com laints from residents is not good to hear. ,t3s good to conduct more research because my inde endent research is flawed.

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1. What are some of the ty es of microorganisms identified in #atties water sam les? 5. coli !. What are the le"els of E. coli in water that the 52A consider safe for recreational use? What are the le"els for drin*ing water? 1(( 5 coli colonies:1%% ml for recreational use and no 5. coli for drin*ing water. (. What are some of the bacteria le"els detected in #atties sam les? Cy tos oridum or +iardia 8. What is the ro osed lan the farmers are considering to hel their cause against the CAFO e0 ansion? /o be more resent at board meetings and e0 ress concerns about the CAFO e0 ansion. Also might contact #attie to hel her research efforts by collecting sam les from our farms& our wells& and nearby streams. '. ,f you were one of the farmers& would you artici ate in the board meeting and:or hel collect sam les? 7es if it meant it would hel my farm and others as well. We all wor* together because when we do a solution can be found faster.