Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2008 12:20:30 GMT -5
Guys here is something tosa may or maynot want to have a voice on. This link is the main website page for the opposition group Darby creek Matters.
www.darbycreekmatters.com/
I might suggest we look into this some more. if in fact they could get this defeated it might be nice to have our organization involved and mentioned.
some facts to ponder:
. Plans to start with 5400+ Dairy Cattle Just east of Plumwood & Monroe Elementary
. Manure storage ponds/lagoons totaling approx. 46 acres in surface area or approx. 161,522,792 gallons
. Approximately 5000 acres will be used for spraying liquefied manure, wastewater, and applying manure solids
. 3 Main ditches drain into the Little Darby's tributary, Spring Fork: - Bales, Dun, and Chenoweth
. The Village of Plumwood and Monroe Elementary School are downwind less than 1 mile from where the operator may dispose of or apply manure
. Industrial size facilities can pose equally large risks to the environment
. Manure is stored and primarily disposed of on site
. Enormous manure production - 287.5 tons per day or nearly 105,000 tons per year for a herd of 5000 cows (1)
. Equivalent sewage weight of approx. 125,000 people (2)
. A dairy facility of 5000 cows may consume the equivalent water of 2,041 single family households (3)
. Liquid manure can be sprayed on via central pivot irrigation systems and may pose the highest risk for air and water pollution
. Manure can enter surface water from:
Leaching into subsurface drain tiles
Runoff from rain following application
Over saturation from equipment calibration errors
Floods
Quoted from their website:
Darby Creek Matters is a group of local farmers and concerned citizens who don't believe a Mega-Farm is good for the community. The environmental, financial, health, and quality of life impacts associated with such massive facilities have in some cases seriously damaged rural America . Some of our local farmers toured similar CAFOs in another state and talked to people in the community nearby them. What our farmers saw and heard from people nearby these facilities shocked and sickened them. Drainage ditches that had run full of untreated sewage, streams fouled with algae and bacteria, and the resident's descriptions of days of smothering stench and misery. One of our farmers simply said, "It was a disaster."
Our local farmers have been good stewards of the Darby Watershed, and the superior quality of the watershed proves it. At a public gathering an Ohio EPA representative said the Big and Little Darby creeks are the finest, most ecologically sound waters in Ohio , period. Our goal is to protect the Darby Watershed, our farming heritage, and the well being of our community from the risks associated with Mega-Farms.
www.darbycreekmatters.com/
I might suggest we look into this some more. if in fact they could get this defeated it might be nice to have our organization involved and mentioned.
some facts to ponder:
. Plans to start with 5400+ Dairy Cattle Just east of Plumwood & Monroe Elementary
. Manure storage ponds/lagoons totaling approx. 46 acres in surface area or approx. 161,522,792 gallons
. Approximately 5000 acres will be used for spraying liquefied manure, wastewater, and applying manure solids
. 3 Main ditches drain into the Little Darby's tributary, Spring Fork: - Bales, Dun, and Chenoweth
. The Village of Plumwood and Monroe Elementary School are downwind less than 1 mile from where the operator may dispose of or apply manure
. Industrial size facilities can pose equally large risks to the environment
. Manure is stored and primarily disposed of on site
. Enormous manure production - 287.5 tons per day or nearly 105,000 tons per year for a herd of 5000 cows (1)
. Equivalent sewage weight of approx. 125,000 people (2)
. A dairy facility of 5000 cows may consume the equivalent water of 2,041 single family households (3)
. Liquid manure can be sprayed on via central pivot irrigation systems and may pose the highest risk for air and water pollution
. Manure can enter surface water from:
Leaching into subsurface drain tiles
Runoff from rain following application
Over saturation from equipment calibration errors
Floods
Quoted from their website:
Darby Creek Matters is a group of local farmers and concerned citizens who don't believe a Mega-Farm is good for the community. The environmental, financial, health, and quality of life impacts associated with such massive facilities have in some cases seriously damaged rural America . Some of our local farmers toured similar CAFOs in another state and talked to people in the community nearby them. What our farmers saw and heard from people nearby these facilities shocked and sickened them. Drainage ditches that had run full of untreated sewage, streams fouled with algae and bacteria, and the resident's descriptions of days of smothering stench and misery. One of our farmers simply said, "It was a disaster."
Our local farmers have been good stewards of the Darby Watershed, and the superior quality of the watershed proves it. At a public gathering an Ohio EPA representative said the Big and Little Darby creeks are the finest, most ecologically sound waters in Ohio , period. Our goal is to protect the Darby Watershed, our farming heritage, and the well being of our community from the risks associated with Mega-Farms.
