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What does the election mean for our moratorium on factory farms?
Nothing – not even a Republican-controlled legislature and Kim Reynolds in the Governor's seat – can stop our movement for a moratorium on factory farms.
We never thought winning a moratorium would be easy. We’ve known all along that it’s going to take a lot of work and involvement from CCI members like you. When CCI members encounter a hurdle, we strategize and jump over it. We know our longterm strategy works – here’s a list of signs that our movement is growing:
Your legislative forum toolkit!
Legislative forums are an important space to raise issues you care about and to engage your legislator face-to-face.
They're also a great place to start conversations and connect with more like-minded Iowans. Here's a toolkit to help build support for issues you care about.
Bill for Clean Water Iowa passes out of sub-committee!
A commonsense bill to strengthen manure application laws passed out of the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Sub-committee in a 2 to 1 vote today...
read moreKnow your Factory Farm Five: Brent Rastetter
Five out of the eight Environmental Protection Commissioners for Iowa own, or have a direct financial interest, in factory farms. Despite this blatant conflict of interest, they sit on the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC).
read moreBranstad’s toxic blue-green algae problem
As blue green algae blooms spread across the country and Iowa’s public beaches close, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund members are asking what Governor Terry Branstad and his political appointees at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Commissions are doing to solve Iowa’s water quality crisis.
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