Posts Tagged ‘ environmental pollution ’

The gulf oil spill has shut down the oldest oyster shucking operation in the country. You might think that would translate into more business for Northwest oyster growers. But it’s not that simple. Correspondent Austin Jenkins explains. The P&J Oyster Company has been in operation in New Orleans for 134 years. Not any longer....
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(GH: From Northwest Public Radio): Posted: Friday, April 16, 2010 Snohomish, WA – Officials still don’t know what caused a huge manure lagoon at a dairy farm near the town of Snohomish to fail earlier this week. A breach in the dyke that held the manure caused millions of gallons of liquid waste to...
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(GH: Tom Banse of The Northwest News Network reports on converting cow manure to electricity on Northwest Public Radio) BELLINGHAM, WA – When you think of what federal economic stimulus money has paid for, the first things that come to mind might be highway paving, energy retrofits or high-speed trains. Now here’s one of...
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The dairy industry in Idaho has seen explosive growth over the last decade or so.  According to United Dairymen of Idaho, the state is now the 2nd largest milk producer in the West and the 3rd largest cheese maker in America. That output comes, in large part, from confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOs,...
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(GH) As mentioned in a previous post, Michael Pollan, author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” spoke at Washinton State University on Wednesday, January 13th.  Here, from the agricultural weekly Capital Press, is an article on what Pollan had to say. By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press PULLMAN, Wash. — Michael Pollan believes farmers may eventually solve three of...
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GH: Another story concerning the alleged environmental impacts of feedlots and factory farms in Southern Idaho.  In this case the judge has ruled in favor of the accused feedlot manager. There has been a tremendous growth in feedlots and large-scale dairies in Southern Idaho over the past decade or so. With them has come...
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An article at the New West website says fruit juice can be as nasty a pollutant as any industrial runoff.  The Hood River Juice Company in Hood River, Oregon — which, according to it’s website, makes “organic and natural juice from Oregon and Washington apples and pears” — has been charged with numerous water...
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