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Below is a growing collection of studies and articles exploring the damage this industry inflicts upon the communities unfortunate enough to endure its presence.

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ECOLOGICAL

  • U.S. Geologic Survey: Groundwater depletion - well and water risks information
  • ​The Sacramento Bee, 11/8/16: Whats that smell? Rendering odors offend residents
  • Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 2/27/17: St Paul rendering facility sues city over odor ordinance
  • ​Chicago Tribune, 8/9/17: Waste spill at Cargill slaughterhouse contaminates waterways
  • ​Des Moines Register, 8/12/12: Des Moines rendering smell battle years in making​
  • ​Wisconsin State Journal, 10/12/17: Judge throws out industrial well permits scientists say would harm public waters
  • ​High Country News, 10/13/17: Stanford University study: One in 30 wells in the West failed in recent years  
  • ​Delaware News Journal, 10/30/17: Wells poisoned at Sussex chicken plant​

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ECONOMICAL

  • Don Stull for the Kansas Reflector: What consolidated meat production costs Kansas ranchers and eaters
  • What Happens WhenThe Meat Packers Come To Town
  • Michael J. Broadway, Department of Geography Northern Michigan University: Meatpacking and the Transformation of Rural Communities: A Comparison of Brooks, Alberta and Garden City, Kansas*
  • Video: Dr. John Ikherd (U of Missouri) on negative consequences of Industrial AG on rural communities 
  • Independent Record: Montana faces workforce crisis
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics​: Meatpacking salary info
  • PBS Frontline Series: Inside the Slaughterhouse
  • PBS Frontline Series: Industrial meat
  • NPR Series: Slaughterhouses
  • Union of Concerned Scientists: Hidden costs of industrial agriculture
  • The New Yorker: Exploitation and abuse at the plant, immigrant workers endure conditions few Americans would put up with 
  • NPR: Working 'the chain' slaughterhouse workers face lifelong injures
  • Washington Post: For Somalis, hope falls to the cutting floor, refugees entrapped by meat industry​
  • Bloomberg: America's worst graveyard shift is grinding up workers​​

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HUMAN

  • Michael J. Broadway for Journal of Rural Studies: Planning for Change in Small Towns or Trying to Avoid the Slaughterhouse Blues
  • Michael J. Broadway for Focus on Geography Magazine: The World “Meats” Canada: Meatpacking’s Role in the Cultural Transformation of Brooks, Alberta
  • Video: Dr. Donald Stull and Dr. John Ikerd address Great Falls residents at Civic Center  
  • ​Northern Michigan University study: Trying to avoid the slaughterhouse blues (exhaustive socio-economic study)
  • Appraisal Institute study: Animal operations and residential property values​
  • Michigan State University: Slaughterhouses and increased crime rates: An empirical analysis
  • ​Toronto Sun, 10/1/12: Alberta meatpacking plant has troubled history (Friesen's home town)
  • ​Minnesota Star-Tribune, 6/20/16 : Trouble in River City: Turning away $240 million plant, Mason City Looks Ahead  
  • ​Chicago Tribune, 8/3/16: The price of pork: Cheap meat comes at a high cost in Illinois​
  • ​CBS News, 5/2/17: Nebraska town rejects plan to create 1,100 jobs​ ​
  • ​CBS News, 10/27/17 : Tongonoxie, Kansas tells Tyson to get lost​
  • ​Wall Street Journal, 11/29/17 : American farm towns with changing priorities reject industrial agriculture​​
  • Vox, 6/10/20 : The meat we eat is a pandemic risk, too​

PUBLIC
​COMMENTS

​Agency Comments
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks: on the Special Permit Use for Silver Falls Distillery.
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks: on the Special Permit Use for Big Sky Cheese.
  • MEIC: on the Special Permit Use for Big Sky Cheese.
​Guest Opinions (Opponents)
  • Great Falls Tribune, 3/26/19: Carolyn C
  • Great Falls Tribune, 12/11/19: Carolyn C​
  • Great Falls Tribune, 1/16/20: Kurt R
  • Great Falls Tribune, 1/23/20: Guy A
  • Great Falls Tribune, 2/9/20: Nate K
  • Great Falls Tribune, 3/15/20: Jaybe F
​Guest Opinions (Proponets)
  • Great Falls Tribune, 3/12/20: Gregg S


 MFP SUBMISSIONS

  • Submitted plans Madison Food Park filed with Cascade County
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All links to submissions listed below:
  • Permit Application
  • Project Overview
  • Operation Statement
  • SUP Criteria
  • Project Exhibits
  • Flood Plain Map
  • Height Military Overlay District
  • Soil Report
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  • Big Sky Cheese Special Use Permit​

CASCADE COUNTY MINUTES

  • These listed meetings for the County Commissioners contain the agendas, minutes, and related​ documents for each meeting.
  • Upcoming calendar of events 

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