| This year Iowa's state legislators are about to pass a bill that would make it illegal for anyone to take a photo of his "farms" or any other farms and fields in Iowa. Even though some of the worst animal welfare abuses in US history have taken place under the roofs of DeCoster's hundreds of industrial animal confinements, (in 2010 the state of Maine he was fined more than $130,000 for egregious animal cruelty violations that took place at DeCoster Egg Farm),Iowa lawmakers are willing to offer immunity to offenders like him from being recorded and penalize those that would blow the whistle on those who abuse animal livestock i.e. our food.While most Americans have been caught off guard by agribusiness's boldness, those of us in Iowa know this is how the game is played. No matter how big the violation or how bad the sin, agribusiness always finds a way to influence elected officials |
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