Factory Farming-Related Websites

Bucket Brigade
Air monitoring system
http://www.bucketbrigade.net/

CAFO Emissions Studies
An expert on this topic is Dr Kaye Kilburn
Neighbor Health and Large-scale Swine Production
http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/agsafety2001/papers/kendall_thu.htm

The GRACE website also maintains an expert list and a synopsis of emissions problems of CAFOs.
Center for Rural Affairs (surveys national events affecting rural America)
http://www.cfra.org/

Citizens Environmental Coalition
http://cectoxic.home.igc.org/agriculture.html

Clean Water Act
http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode33/usc_sup_01_33_10_26.html

Community and Environmental Health Effects of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: University of Minnesota
http://www.mmaonline.net/publications/MNMed2002/October/Kirkhorn.html

The Sierra Club and the GRACE sites also have concise lists of negative effects of CAFOs.
Economic Research Service
The Economic Research Service (ERS) is the main source of economic information and research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You can get information specifically for New York State.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/

Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database. You can find CAFO subsidies specific to New York State.
http://www.ewg.org/farm/

GRACE Project: This is a comprehensive overview of CAFO issues sorted by topic. Outstanding resource for CAFO information.
http://www.factoryfarm.org/topics/

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: General permit for CAFOs
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/cafohome.html/

New York State government: Find your legislators names and phone numbers.
http://www.state.ny.us/

New York State Interactive Mapping Gateway, GIS Clearinghouse
www.nysgis.state.ny.us

New York State law:
www.washlaw.edu/uslaw/states/newyork/

Scorecard
Animal wastes from factory farms in the U.S. You can get a list of animal waste for each NY State County.
http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/aw/

Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/factoryfarms/

Union of Concerned Scientists (antibiotic resistance)
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/antibiotic_resistance/index.cfm

Farm Groups
Eat Wild: Eatwild.com is your source for safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry and dairy products
www.eatwild.com

Farm Bureau. See: Amber Waves of Gain: How the Farm Bureau is Reaping Profits at the expense of America's Family Farmers, Taxpayers and the Environment
www.defenders.org/fb/awg.html

Farm to table is a guide to New York State farmerÕs markets, CSAs, restaurants and vintners.
www.farmtotable.org

Just Food: The City Farms project goal is to encourage NYC community gardeners to understand and appreciate the concepts of community food security, and to be motivated to grow, distribute, and market more food within their communities
http://www.justfood.org/cityfarms/

Local Harvest
With the Local Harvest map, you can find all the farmers' markets, family farms, locally grown produce, grass-fed meats, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area.
www.localharvest.org

National Family Farm Coalition. This group has many active members in New York State
www.nffc.net/

Northeast Organic Farmers Association will guide you to certified organic farms in New York State
nofany.org/index.html

Politics of Food
The Politics of Food Program seeks to create a sustainable food system in which farmers and the communities they serve are enabled to bring safe, quality food to all. Rochester area.
www.geocities.com/polfood

The Regional Farm & Food Project is an independent non-profit membership organization of farmers and consumers founded in 1996 to promote sustainable agriculture in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys and beyond.
www.farmandfood.org/index.html

Sustainable Table
Learn what sustainable farming is and how you can find healthy food for your family.
www.sustainabletable.org
Animal Welfare

Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary has a shelter farm and educational model farm near Watkins Glen, NY
www.farmsanctuary.org/

Tribe of Heart
Film producers from Ithaca New York who have an award winning documentary film, Peaceable Kingdom, on factory farming
www.tribeofheart.org

Local Weblogs
Central New York: Wayne County
www.lifequality.blogspot.com
Preble NY: There is an active weblog regarding the CAFO problems in Preble New York.
See:www.prebleny.com/index.php?cat=15

See also the photos taken in Preble:
www.prebleny.com/images/ManureDumpPA/index.htm