Tell your Representative TODAY that factory farms don't deserve Government dollars! - This afternoon, the House of Representatives will start debating the Farm Bill, and the final list of amendments is finally out.
One amendment being considered would lift the cap on payments to large farms for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. EQIP is a conservation program run by the USDA that gives grants to farms to improve their environmental practices. Amendment 15 to the Farm Bill would remove the cap on what size farms are eligible for the program's funding.
Lifting the cap on farm size allows large industrialized operations to hijack this program, and means that factory farms will continue to get EQIP funds to deal with the excessive amounts of manure they generate, rather than paying for these systems themselves - Tell your Representative TODAY that EQIP funding should not go to factory farms!
