Second, as for her opinion on regulations to protect the public, she stated “It can take many forms. If local decision makers decide they really don’t want them in their area, then they can, they know how to require things that the poultry industry doesn’t want to meet. But you can also take the middle of the road approach to be more protective…” such as monitoring water and air, and biofilters, this will allow farmers to use their property and protect the public health (time marker 53:44 on Council audio).

Third,she defined large scale as increased input with increase density equaling increased output. Joyce Bowlsbey asked her to clarify if one chicken house with 200,000 chickens would be considered large scale, to which she replied yes (time marker 1:01:37 of Council audio).

As for the homeowners that purchased in NAR zoning, you may want to reconsider that statement. Many of the owners you are referring to owned the land before there was a “Right-to-Farm” law and before the zoning was established as NAR. Perhaps you could stop by and speak with those waving signs?