LYNN HENNING . CHARLIE SPEER . RICHARD MIDDLETON NO MORE! How One Woman and a Team of Lawyers Are Helping Neighbors Stand Up to Factory Farms
Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. Annual Meeting Wednesday, October 16 . 7:30 pm Fairfield Arts & Convention Center This year's annual meeting is especially timely given the expansion of factory farming in Iowa. Lynn Henning, Charlie Speer and Richard Middleton will present what Iowans can do to push back against factory farms. LYNN HENNING is a fireball of activism and the winner of the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America. Her work led to hundreds of fines levied against Michigan CAFOs for water quality violations and put her in the national spotlight. She was featured in the documentary Last Call at the Oasis <http://www.lastcallattheoasis.com/#trailer> , appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, and her work is profiled in main stream media outlets such as Oprah's O Magazine <http://www.oprah.com/world/Health-Risks-That-Large-Factory-Farming-Leaves-B ehind> and the Christian Science Monitor. <http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2010/0426/One-farmer-act s-to-save-environment-from-factory-farms> CHARLIE SPEER and RICHARD MIDDLETON are awe-inspiring, award-winning environmental litigators <http://www.closeanimalfactories.org/about-us/bios/> , protecting neighbors against loss of quality of life, and winning multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts against CAFO owners and integrators. Their wins include a $4.5 million verdict for six Missouri neighbors, an $11 million verdict for 15 family farmers, and a confidential settlement for 287 Missouri plaintiffs all against Premium Standard Farms. They are currently representing nearly 600 plaintiffs against Smithfield Foods in North Carolina and have clients in 7 states, including 4 in Jefferson County. Jim Rubis, president of JFAN, will present a summary of JFAN's activities. A Question and Answer session will follow. We thank our community partners, solar powered Leopold Group Sierra Club, solar-powered KRUU-100.1 FM, Sustainable Living Coalition, Radish Magazine, and Little Village Magazine for co-sponsoring this event. Thank you to all our corporate sponsors: Greenfield Properties . Maharishi Ayurveda Products International, Inc. . Radiance Dairy . David E. Sykes, PC . My Therapy Company . Tim and Laya Schaetzel Hawthorne . ARC Films . Fairfield Accounting Services . Centerpoint Investment Strategies . Ambient Control Systems . Balmer Nelson Van Mersbergen Accounting Services . Leopold Group Sierra Club . Green Gourmet . The Organic and Non-GMO Report: Information to ensure a safe, healthy, and sustainable food supply . Radiant Health Imaging . Dr. Amber Fekete . Heartland Insurance Solutions . Global ID . Aeron Lifestyle Technology . Green Building Supply Visit the JFAN website <http://www.jfaniowa.org> for more information. Like us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/JFANIowa> To be added to the JFAN email list, type SUBSCRIBE in the Subject Line and hit return. To unsubscribe from the JFAN email list, hit reply, type REMOVE in the Subject Line and hit return. JFAN never sells or shares its email list. Thank you!
