HEC believes that Indiana has, relative to other states, a weak set of safeguards to protect the public from the health and environment risks of industrial-scale hog and dairy operations (i.e. CAFOs). Read HEC’s detailed position statement on CAFOs.

We are working with a variety of stakeholders to create and improve CAFO rules being developed by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Office of the Indiana State Chemist that will, if written properly, enhance our quality of life, protect our waterways, and prevent public health and environmental catastrophes.