Ag chief, BSU bash CAFO opponent's talk

(Muncie) Star Press

Friday, July 13, 2007 4:08 AM

By SETH SLABAUGH, Star Press
seths@muncie.gannett.com

MUNCIE -- Factory farm opponent William Weida gave a misleading speech in Hartford City recently regarding the economic impacts of pork production, the state's ag chief and a Ball State University researcher said this week.

An economist, Weida is director of GRACE Factory Farm Project, a national organization that seeks to eliminate factory farms

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