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Factory Farm Tour

Washington, DC Factory Farm Tour Documentary Showing!

In September 2003, Public Citizen and the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment hosted a tour for nine farmers and farm activists from Europe, Brazil and Mexico through the mid-west of the United States to see the effects large-scale factory farms have on traditional farming communities, the environment, and the meat that consumers eat.  "Factory farm" is a term used to describe corporate-controlled, industrialized livestock operations that raise thousands of animals on one site in filthy, inhumane conditions. The visiting farmers do not want to see industrialized agriculture in their communities and have now expanded their experience to continue to fight the current trend of corporatizing global food production and distribution.

Click here to learn more about the participants.

Click here to read the participants' evaluation of the tour.

If you want to obtain a copy of the video, email us or call: (202) 454-5124.

Take a virtual tour:

September 1st: Arrive in Des Moines, Iowa

September 2nd: Iowa:

•  Morning: Press conference at the Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa
•  Afternoon: Bus Tour in Iowa 
•  Evening: Local cuisine in Clear Lake, Iowa
•  Late Evening: Public Forum in Clear Lake, Iowa

September 3rd: Iowa:

•  Morning: Niman Ranch Farm and Chris Peterson’s Farm
•  Evening: Long drive to Wisconsin

September 4th: Wisconsin:

•  Morning: Last leg of the trip to Madison, Wisconsin
•  Afternoon: Madison, WI: radio, newspaper, video interviews
•  Evening: Public Forum at the University of Wisconsin

September 5th: Wisconsin:

•  Morning: Bus tour of Dairy Farms in Wisconsin – both corporate and family
  farms
•  Evening: Dinner at John Kinsman’s House 

September 6th: Wisconsin:

•  Morning: Cheese Factory in Plain, Wisconsin
•  Mid Day: Fighting Bob Festival in Baraboo, Wisconsin
•  Afternoon: Amish Farm in Hillpoint, Wisconsin  

September 7th: Wisconsin:

•  Morning: Drumlin Community Farm in Madison, Wisconsin
•  Lunch: House of Ruth Simpson of Family Farm Defenders
•  Afternoon: Jim Hightower Event in Madison; Speakers: Marion Zagorny of
   Poland, Vicente Eduardo Soares de Almeida of Brazil 
•  Evening: Drive to Chicago

September 8th: Illinois:

• Morning: Press Event in Chicago
• Afternoon: Bon Voyage!
• Evening: Some go to Cancun for the Fifth World Trade Organization Ministerial

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