Recent News:

Charlotte Large-Farm Permit Denied,
(February 13, 2004, Burlington Free Press)

Testimony in the "Tricket v. Ochs" Safe Farming Case: Testimony to House Agriculture Committee on Right to Farm by Annette Smith, Vermonters for a Clean Environment, (January 23, 2004).

Citizens for Safe Farming is working to continue its public advocacy, support of safe farming legislation and - most importantly - its negotiation with Hinsdale Farms over the future of safe farming in the Bingham Brook Valley.  As many of you know, we have long maintained that the development of a Large Farm Operation (LFO) in the Valley poses major public health and pollution concerns for the more than 100 families living within a mile of the proposed location.  We are currently in the early stages of dialogue with Hinsdale Farms about a mutually agreed upon "Master Plan" for the Bingham Brook Valley, and will continue to keep our supporters advised on any progress.

In the mean time, thank you for your continued financial and moral support for Citizens for Safe Farming.

Links to other organizations who support safe farming:

GRACE Factory Farm Project

National Family Farm Coalition

Farm Aid

Family Farmer/Defenders of Wildlife

Midwest Environmental Advocates' Family Farming Corporation

Sierra Club

Farmer's Legal Action Group