Take a stand against Branstad’s appointments

Here in Iowa, we're good neighbors and factory farms just aren't.

Too often, they build without consideration for neighbors' quality of life, property values or environment.

That's why Iowa CCI members across the state are taking corporate ag giants such as Cargill, Iowa Select and Prestage Farms to task.

We need to take a stand. Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed factory farm insiders like Brent Rastetter, who makes a living building factory farm barns and manure pits, to the Environmental Protection Commission, putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. Outgoing Department of Natural Resources Director Roger Lande was replaced by Branstad with former House Majority Leader Chuck Gipp - he spent most of his career trying to dismantle the DNR and now he's going to run the place? It's time to stand up and fight back.

Barb Kalbach

Dexter