AR-News: (US) Buckeye Egg Farm a rallying point for big-farm opponents

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TOLEDO (AP) -- Even if the state succeeds in shutting down Buckeye Egg
Farm, its legacy will long be remembered.

The farm, with 14 million chickens and a slew of environmental complaints,
has changed the way many Ohioans view big- farm operations and, in some
cases, created a mistrust of the agriculture industry.

Environmental and animal rights activists have used the problems with the
state's largest egg producer as a rallying point to carry out their
message against megafarms.

"If you get a bad actor like Buckeye Egg, it plays right into their
hands," said Ohio Department Agriculture Director Fred Dailey. "They point
to them and say 'see, this is going to happen to you.' 

full story:
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/news/stories/20030825/localnews/126772.html

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