23 Sep 2009
Downwind of the big dairy farm

A tale of an (originally Amish) CAFO. And the neighbors downwind.

To those who were fortunate enough to be upwind of Samuel Lantz’s dairy farm — in the corporate offices of an industrial livestock company, perhaps, or in certain corners of the Indiana State House — the events of autumn 2003 would not have raised many eyebrows. Samuel Lantz did what farmers all over Indiana do every year: He put up a barn, populated it with a herd of dairy cattle, and began milking.

(link) [Nuvo]

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Hanged Census worker had 'fed' on chest

Uh-oh.

AP - A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

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