[Winona] Gang Green

[LindaF]

As a farmer I feel more than qualified to add my input to this discussion.
A quote from the website you gave us states;
All farm animals must be humanely treated and respected in their own right. 
Diversity and natural husbandry must be used to maintain healthy stock."
  Have you ever worked on a farm? Have you ever had the responsiblity of 
animals 24/7, 365 days a year? Have you ever gotten up 3 times a night to be 
sure a cow is having a safe delivery?  Making sure both she and her newborn 
calf are alright?
If so, then you understand where I am coming from in my view points.
 A farmer does take good care of his/her animals. In our case they are my 
animals, my husband works part time in town.  I 'baby' my steers. If a 
farmer does not 'baby' her animals they will not grow properly or they will 
become ill.

.  If our county board deny any farmer who meets all the 
standards/regulations for expansion the board must issue a permit. If they 
do not the farmer will have a case to sue the county for his permit.
 I certainly do not think it means that Dwayne does not care about the 
enviroment. He is voting according to the laws.
 The website speaks of animal waste contaminating our drinking water. Does 
it not bother you that the huge cities in this country can open their sewage 
valves and let raw human sewage (which is much more dangerous than animal 
sewage) into our fresh rivers and water ways?
 How often has the Twin Cities emptied raw sewage into the Mississippi and 
not even been fined?
 As a farmer I find this type of website full of propaganda. Come work on a 
farm for a year.  I personally do not know one farmer who would purposely 
damage the enviorment with manure.
 If you have never farmed you have no idea how hard it is to make it. Yes, 
it is a life style we chose, but who else is being paid the same as they 
were in 1980?  Try and think back to what your wages were in 1980, now try 
paying your current bills.
 My thought is keep up the good work Dwayne.  I feel the majority of our 
county board realizes this is not the 1940's anymore.  In most cases, a farm 
needs to get bigger just to make a profit today.  Life on the farm is not 
what it used to be.
 Give the larger family farms a chance.  Any other industry who has sons and 
daughters who want to join add onto their companies.  A farm must be able to 
do the same thing.

Linda Fort



[Winona Online Democracy]

Jim Galewski wrote:

> Let's see ... What can we talk about?  Surely we can come up
> with a tangible issue.

Here's something to consider.  The only elected Green on the County
Commission supports large-scale livestock confinement operations --
casting the deciding vote on two permits less than a year apart.

Ecological wisdom?  BETRAYAL is the more accurate description.
Representing the antithesis of the green worldview, the local
Chamber of Commerce recently chirped, "Good call Commissioner!"

http://www.knappster.org/gangrene.html

Mark Knapp



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