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Also see:

• Missourians For Local Control
  “Supporting Local Government -- Closer to the People”
  by Tim Gibbons, Rhonda Perry, Terry Spence
  Kirksville, Missouri
  
  
• Our Position on Livestock, Rural Communities and the Economy
  by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center
  Columbia, Missouri
  
  
• The Facts about CAFOs, Local Control, and Health Ordinances
  by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center
  Columbia, Missouri
  
  
• Family Farmers, Rural Citizens, and Democracy
  Prevail Over Corporate Agribusiness
  by Tim Gibbons
  Jefferson City, Missouri
  
  
• Hog Wars
  The Corporate Grab for Control of the Hog Industry
  and How Citizens Are Fighting Back
  by Patty Cantrell, Rhonda Perry & Paul Sturtz
  Columbia, Missouri

Published in In Motion Magazine, December 12, 2005