October 9, 2015 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Minnesota and Their Growing Impact on the Environment

 

 

 

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Minnesota and Their Growing Impact on the Environment

 

Presenters: Sonja Trom Eayrs & Brian Wolff

 

Sonja Trom Eayrs is an attorney with the law firm of Lindquist & Vennum LLP in Minneapolis.  Sonja grew up on a farm in Dodge County in southeastern Minnesota.  Following installation of the 11^th swine feedlot in a 3-mile radius of the Trom family farm, the Trom family said enough!  Sonja’s parents filed a lawsuit against Dodge County and the feedlot operator.  The Trom family has been at ground zero of Minnesota’s groundwater crisis for the past year.  Sonja has gained extensive knowledge and information regarding industrial agriculture, the easy permitting of feedlots, and the detrimental effects on the environment.  Come and learn about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) – the  facts, the regulatory framework and concerns for Minnesota residents. 

 

Brian Wolff is a biology instructor at Normandale and an environmental biologist interested in agriculturally-driven environmental problems.