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EPISODE · Jan 17, 2020 · 28 MIN

Terry Spence, livestock farmer in northeast Missouri, and Executive Director of the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project.

from Food Sleuth Radio · host Melinda Hemmelgarn

Did you know that the American Public Health Association has called for a moratorium on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) because of risk to public health and the environment? See: https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2020/01/13/precautionary-moratorium-on-new-and-expanding-concentrated-animal-feeding-operations   Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Terry Spence, livestock farmer based in northeast Missouri, and Executive Director of the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project. Spence describes how his life changed after 80,000 hogs moved in next door to his family farm. He now works nationally on policies to protect the environment, quality of life, and human health. Spence discusses environmental regulations, citizen rights, and farm practices and policy.  Spence frequently speaks on panels following screenings of the new documentary film, “Right to Harm:” https://righttoharm.film/Related website:   https://sraproject.org/ 

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