Source: Sam Bloch, THE COUNTER, 10/8/20


When you think CAFO, you probably don’t think horse racing. And surely you don’t think food. But never fear: we’ll connect those dots for you. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week announced the largest-ever fine brought against a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) for violating the Clean Water Act: $2,790,000 for discharging manure, urine, and untreated wastewater into New Orleans’s local sewer system more than 250 times between 2012 and 2018. 

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