Joe Forsthoffer, Corporate Communications Manager, Perdue has left a new comment on your post "SaveFarmFamilies.org Continues Grassroots Fundrais...":
To claim that Perdue provides its farm partners with “ZERO help” could not be further from the truth. Perdue AgriRecycle will clean out and recycle chicken litter — free of charge — for any grower who does not have sufficient land to appropriately apply it as fertilizer or a market to sell it to other farmers who can use it. NO grower is "stuck" with surplus litter. Further, through the Clean Waters Environmental Initiative, a first-of-its-kind agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Perdue is working with its growers to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and to promote environmental best practices related to their poultry operations. I invite you to learn more about Perdue AgriRecycle through this short video: http://www.youtube.com/perduechicken#p/c/3156FAD73D2F02C7/2/9J_v734e2_U
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Perdue Does Not adhere or abide by the clean air act with the plant on hobbs road.
ReplyDeleteI will bet you that this will be the last you hear from this comment.
Anyone living on Coleman Avenue will tell you the same.
When the Plant is running , it snows particals everywhere in the area, on your house , on your cars
and mold develops.
What say you now Mr. Perdue?
I don't get it then-if this is the case then how come Perdue just doesn't cosign along with the grower the environment permits?
ReplyDeleteThat's what Waterkeepers are after. It's not like they are asking for a billion dollars or anything.
Corn chaff has nothing to do with the clean air act. The particles that you speak of are the outsides of the corn kernels when they dry out. The same can be seen out the back of a combine when the corn is cut. This is a natural part of the corn.
ReplyDeleteI ain't interested in seeing any propaganda video from either Perdue or the Waterkeepers.
ReplyDeleteFrom the little I read it seems every time you turn around Perdue sends some one out to check on the flock but can't be bothered to see that the growers are following the environmental laws. It's like you are saying it's not our problem. Even the court exhibits show that you knew there was a problem but were ignoring it. It's not just your water it's ours also and I think a company that makes quite a large amount of money off of us has not only an ethical but also a moral responsiblity to the community to be models when it comes to stewards of our land and waterways.
See what I mean... "Corn chaff has nothing to do with the clean air act"-my point exactly-not my problem. It's obviously a problem in the neighborhood so why not fix it? Then when the govenment steps in they cry and scream that they are being over regulated and run out of business, blah blah blah.
ReplyDeleteI doubt with 4 billion + in sales Perdue is in any immediate danger of being run out of business. But you are making it hard for those who don't have the assets to stay in business with over regulation for something they don't cause anyway.
How is corn chaff running anyone out of business?
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ReplyDeleteHow is corn chaff running anyone out of business?"
Where did you see that 7:46?
The writer writes they will haul the manure "from any grower."
I don't know if I'm buying that because there are online articles about the fertilzer plant in Seaford and they say a rep is sent out ahead of time to check on the moisture content (preferably under 30%),so that sounds as if you are not taking it from ANY grower. Also it says the hauling radius is limited.