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“To the Bears, the crisis . . . began . . .
when the first birds arrived at the new
Buckeye [egg factory farm] plant behind their
house. . . . The following February, the ugly
aspects of living near an egg farm became
real. Their garage filled with flies eager
to get into the house, and the air became
heavy with the stench of chicken manure.
Their well went down 17 feet, and, in time,
manure spills signaled the need to test the
well regularly for bacteria and nitrates. . . .
During the Bear family reunion on June
27, 1999, Rosie passed out fly swatters so
guests could work on fly control. Robert
filmed the picnic, panning slowly to show
flies covering everything in sight—the deck,
charcoal grill, siding, pant legs, shoes and
toys. . . . On April 15, 2002, when Rosie was a
substitute teacher at Marseilles Elementary
School down the road, she spent the whole
day fighting flies.”
—Excerpted from Fran Henry's article entitled,
“State rules still short of ideal, some say,” printed
on June 2, 2003, in The Plain Dealer .
ity of life living near these industrial operations. There are manure
spills at least every week, leading to fish kills, sometimes for miles
down the stream. The air is so foul, people can become sick just
while driving by one of these factory farms.
Living in rural communities with farmers who raise animals
doesn't have to be like this. We raise pigs on our farm but there is
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