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Stop Factory Farms and Clean Iowa
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    1. Assistant Majority Leader (+ 30 others)
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      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Senator William A. Dotzler, Jr.)
      • Minority Whip (The Honorable Senator Steve Kettering)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (Representative Dave Jacoby)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Senator Jack Hatch)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Senator Nancy J. Boettger)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Representative Sharon S. Steckman)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Senator William M. Heckroth)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Senator David Johnson)
      • Minority Leader (The Honorable Representative Kraig Paulsen)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Senator Amanda Ragan)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Senator Pat Ward)
      • Minority Whip (The Honorable Representative Linda L. Upmeyer)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Senator Brad Zaun)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Representative Dave Deyoe)
      • Senate President (The Honorable Senator John P. (Jack) Kibbie)
      • Speaker (The Honorable Representative Patrick Murphy)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Representative Jeff Kaufmann)
      • President Pro Tempore (The Honorable Senator Jeff Danielson)
      • Speaker Pro Tempore (The Honorable Representative Polly Bukta)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Representative Steven F. Lukan)
      • Majority Leader (The Honorable Senator Michael E. Gronstal)
      • The Honorable Representative Polly Bukta
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Representative Rod A. Roberts)
      • Assistant Minority Leader (The Honorable Representative Matt W. Windschitl)
      • Majority Whip (The Honorable Senator Thomas G. Courtney)
      • Majority Leader (The Honorable Representative Kevin M. McCarthy)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Representative Ako Abdul-Samad)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Senator Staci Appel)
      • Minority Leader (The Honorable Senator Paul McKinley)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Representative Elesha L. Gayman)
      • Assistant Majority Leader (The Honorable Senator Joe Bolkcom)
  2. Created By
    Caleb Laieski
    Phoenix, AZ
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

Many factory farms in Iowa, spray liquid waste manure on the snow and frozen ground in the winter months instead of taking steps to responsibly store and disperse their manure. Because it can't soak in to the frozen ground, the manure, often filled with pesticides and other chemicals given to the animals, runs into the water and contaminates it.

This action and content is found via - Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement although this petition has more key officials.

Photo Credit: Iowa CC

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STOP factory farms from spreading manure

Dear Official,

Research shows that Iowa has the highest concentration of factory farms in the country, and I have recently learned that, due to a loophole, many are allowed to spray manure on snow or frozen ground. This practice is contaminating Iowa's rives and streams. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources estimates that there are more than 540 rivers with poor water quality partly due to this issue. Recently a farm spraying liquid manure on a frozen field contaminated a nearby stream and killed more than 2,000 fish. There have been over 700 manure spills since 1995.

It is time to stop this practice. Farms must find responsible ways of disposing of the waste they produce. It is unconscionable to allow a few to destroy Iowa's rivers. Now that you have been elected, you must pass an executive order closing this loophole and ending this practice.

On behalf of Iowa - please ACT now!


With hope and determination,

[Your name]

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