Stivers Helping Factory Farm Come to Union County, Ohio

The proposed Hi-Q factory chicken farm for Union County will create lots of health and sanitation problems for residents. Republican Steve Stivers, a candidate for Congress, was one of the co-sponsors for the bill that would allow these factory farms in Ohio.

Fremont Farms in Iowa is owned by the same people who have plans for the large factory farm in Union County. Here are some excerpts from a posting about the people who live near Fremont Farms. CropChoice:

.....Before Fremont Farms of Iowa moved in next door, Ed and Sheila looked out over seemingly endless fields of corn and soybeans. Now their closest neighbor is a population of 2.7 million laying hens—-nearly as many chickens as there are people in the state of Iowa.....

....The early arrival of spring during the first year Fremont Farms was in operation brought with it more than warmth. The dense concentration of birds at Fremont Farms of Iowa and the volume of their waste provided new breeding ground for fly maggots living in and around its egg operation.

“I’d never seen anything like it in my life,” recalls Dean Earnhart, a nearby resident. “You don’t dare leave your window cracked in you car, literally thousands of flies will get in. I’m not joking here.”

I am sure that the people in Union County will find their lives changed forever if the 6,000,000 chickens move in down the road.

Call Steve Stivers at (614) 358-0800 and ask him how he will stop this Hi-Q Egg Farm from ruining people's lives.