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Ahead of Iowa Caucus, 2020 Candidates Urged to Back Moratorium on Factory Farms
A large coalition of residents and public interest groups lobbied the state legislature in Des Moines, Iowa to demand support for a moratorium on building new, and expanding existing, factory farms—also known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The coalition of factory farm opponents also presented a petition to all 2020 presidential candidates calling on them to support the state moratorium as well as federal legislation to curtail factory farms. (Photo: Citizens for Community Improvement A
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