RTF — Latest Stories — Food & Power

In South Carolina, Poultry Industry Seeks to Eliminate Barriers to Expansion

A bill in the South Carolina legislature would make it significantly harder for residents to challenge the state’s expanding poultry industry. If lawmakers pass the bill, South Carolina will be the latest in a series of states to make it harder for rural communities to resist or even carefully regulate large-scale livestock farming.

Poultry & LivestockLeah DouglasJuly 18, 2017checkoff, Montana, OSI, poultry, right to farm, RTF, South Carolina, chicken, Leah Douglas, eggs

Congressmen Move To Protect Big Ag from Water Protection Law

Residents of rural communities near large-scale farms may soon find it harder to protect their drinking water from pollution from agriculture, thanks to a bill introduced recently by Representative Dan Newhouse, a Republican from Washington’s 4th district.

Dairy, PolicyLeah DouglasMay 4, 2017dairy, environment, manure, Newhouse, RCRA, right to farm, RTF, Leah Douglas