Crawford Stewardship Project

"BIG RIVER" MAKES A BIG SPLASH

Come view the new documentary by the Peabody-winning Filmmakers of "King Korn". Learn about the impact of big agriculture on the environment especially our water at the double feature presentation of "KING KORN and BIG RIVER" sponsored by Crawford Stewardship Project.

"King Korn", will be showing on Saturday, April 17th 2010, at 6:30 in the Gays Mills Community Building, 212 Main Street, Gays Mills, In "King Korn", Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis follow their genetically modified, herbicide treated crop of corn into the food system. What they found raised troubling questions about what we subsidize and how we eat.

The film "Big River" is a 30-minute documentary sequel about the ecological consequences of industrial agriculture. "Big River" investigates the environmental impact their crop of corn has on the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.. "Big River" will be showing after "King Korn", at 8:30 pm in the Gays Mills Community Building. This event has special relevance to current events: permitting of Confined Animal Feeding Operations, water quality and Earthday. Be there and be part of the national discussion about agriculture and the environment.

You can download the Poster for this event (575 KB)

			Crawford Stewardship Project works to protect the environment of Crawford County from threats such as those posed by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and to promote sustainable land use, local control of natural resources, and environmental justice. Crawford Stewardship Project is a nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible. Support CSP Send a check to: Crawford Stewardship Project P.O. Box 284 Gays Mills, WI 54631 csp.county@gmail.com
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	Ongoing Projects Sand Mining Crawford County CAFOs Water Quality and CAFO Monitoring Karst Geology Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network-SRWN Livestock Siting Law & State CAFO Permitting Crawford Stewardship Project is grateful for the generous support of the Wisconsin Community Fund. Order your Driftless Wisconsin poster today! "CAFOs are only profitable because so much of the cost and damage is externalized onto the environment, neighbors and wildlife. The monitoring, supervision, clean-up, restitution, fines are not happening, thus the true cost of CAFOs never find the way onto the balance books." Talking point from the CAFO Conference.	"BIG RIVER" MAKES A BIG SPLASH Come view the new documentary by the Peabody-winning Filmmakers of "King Korn". Learn about the impact of big agriculture on the environment especially our water at the double feature presentation of "KING KORN and BIG RIVER" sponsored by Crawford Stewardship Project. "King Korn", will be showing on Saturday, April 17th 2010, at 6:30 in the Gays Mills Community Building, 212 Main Street, Gays Mills, In "King Korn", Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis follow their genetically modified, herbicide treated crop of corn into the food system. What they found raised troubling questions about what we subsidize and how we eat. The film "Big River" is a 30-minute documentary sequel about the ecological consequences of industrial agriculture. "Big River" investigates the environmental impact their crop of corn has on the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.. "Big River" will be showing after "King Korn", at 8:30 pm in the Gays Mills Community Building. This event has special relevance to current events: permitting of Confined Animal Feeding Operations, water quality and Earthday. Be there and be part of the national discussion about agriculture and the environment. You can download the Poster for this event (575 KB)