{"id":91326,"date":"2019-04-10T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=91326"},"modified":"2019-04-10T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:17:00","slug":"organic-bytes-620-whistleblower-report-corruption-mismanagement-usda-meat-inspection-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/organic-bytes-620-whistleblower-report-corruption-mismanagement-usda-meat-inspection-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad to Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><\/p>\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><\/p>\n<p>Recent flooding in Nebraska and Iowa has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/21\/us\/floods-nebraska-iowa-agriculture-farm-loss\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devastated<\/a>&nbsp;the states&#8217; farms and farmland. It\u2019s also raised <a href=\"https:\/\/whotv.com\/2019\/03\/29\/midwest-flooding-threatens-the-water-safety-in-1-million-wells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread concerns<\/a> about drinking water contamination, in states where waterways are already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/money\/agriculture\/2019\/03\/27\/iowa-cci-food-water-watch-lawsuit-farmers-reduce-fertilizer-runoff-raccoon-river-nutrient-reduction\/3288301002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heavily polluted <\/a> by agricultural runoff from chemical fertilizers and herbicides.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think that predictions of more, and evermore severe climate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/midwest-flooding-perfect-storm-of-extreme-weather-climate-change-drove-deadly-flooding-in-nebraska-and-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change-related flooding<\/a> would cause state officials to reject new industrial factory farm projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instead, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts continues to<a href=\"https:\/\/thefern.org\/ag_insider\/after-nebraska-governor-steps-in-community-board-oks-a-costco-linked-cafo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> roll out<\/a> the red carpet for Costco, which wants to build more than 400 chicken barns in Nebraska and Iowa, for its&nbsp;massive factory farm operation\u2014even in counties where the state\u2019s Department of Environmental Quality says soil and water conditions are unsuitable for the barns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Costco loves to promote the fact that its stores sell a lot of organic foods. So why is the company trying to build the world\u2019s largest poultry factory farm?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/10148\/action\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-e2b762cb-7fff-cd4f-9dd0-e2d4fda06b90\">TAKE ACTION: Tell Costco: Consumers don\u2019t want your giant factory farm!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ec\/bezj5\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to tweet<\/a>&nbsp;a message to Costco. Post on Costco&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Costco\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">Call Costco\u2019s customer service line at 1-800-774-2678. If you\u2019re a member, tell them you\u2019ll cancel your membership unless Costco halts its factory farm project.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent flooding in Nebraska and Iowa has devastated&nbsp;the states&#8217; farms and farmland. 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