Guardians of the Red River Valley- Richland and Wilkin Counties

06/10/2026

This sign is posted at the Breckenridge Dairy Queen. They think they can win us over with a small cone!?

05/28/2026

Excellent Op Ed on Riverview.

"When a giant like Riverview LLP says it must place almost 19,000 milk cows in one location just to keep growing, I can’t help thinking: That’s replacing over 200 farms like ours," Duane Holker writes.

05/18/2026

We have raised over 3500 dollars at our fund raiser last April. Dakota Resource Council has now agreed to match up to 10,000 dollars in fund raising. If you are interested in supporting our efforts to keep the Red River clean you can donate here. 10 dollars becomes 20 dollars. 25 dollars becomes 50 dollars. And 50 becomes 100 dollars.

Donate here today!
https://drcinfo.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/drcinfo/donation.jsp

05/13/2026

Public Welcome: Casselton Statewide Candidate Forum on May 21st from 7-9pm at the City Auditorium. All Statewide Candidates and Incumbents are invited Including Federal House, Public Service Commissioner, Ag Commissioner, Attorney General, Tax Commissioner, and Secretary of State. Moderated by Dustin Gawrylow and Mayor of Casselton Mike Faught(depending on planting season), attendees will be given questions about Agriculture, Energy Development, and Economic Development.

Format:

Candidates will give a two minute opening statement Round 1 will be for roughly a half hour depending on attendance and responses will be limited to 3 minutes per candidate, the moderator will be keeping track of time and if 3 minutes is reached the candidate will be asked to give a final sentence to finish their thought. The audience will be given a chance to respond to the comments for as long as needed but will be given a half hour at most, round 2 will give the candidates another round of questions with the same rules as before. Then the audience can once again respond. Candidates will then give a two minute closing remark.

Candidates will be given questions that will cover Agriculture, Economic Development, and the Energy Industry. Some questions will be for everyone and at least one question will be given specifically to a candidate regarding the office that they are running for.

Date: May 21st
Time: 7-9pm
Location:Casselton City Auditorium
Address: 702 1st St N, Casselton, ND 58012

05/05/2026

Low milk prices drive farms to consolidate to make up for it with volume. The systems and policies that allow this are not done by accident.

04/23/2026

~Upcoming Event~ Remember to come on out to the Abercrombie Community Hall this Saturday the 25th from 4pm to 7pm for the Community Supper and Silent Auction. Variety of great items up for Auction. Hope to see you there.

04/22/2026

Across the central U.S., nitrate from crop fertilizer and livestock facilities is seeping into water underground. Many family wells are no longer safe to drink from without pricey treatment.

04/13/2026

How mega dairies have messed up Arizona's groundwater in photos.

In the late summer of 2023, We Animals photojournalist Ram Daya visited several industrial farms in Arizona to document the scale of the state’s expanding animal agriculture industry.

04/06/2026

Come to Edgely North Dakota on April 13th at 7pm to talk about what transparency in government should look like. Meet candidates who are willing to stand up for transparency.

04/02/2026

People living near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in California, Texas and Iowa suffer from higher rates of cancer, suggesting that the air and water pollution from the massive farms may be playing a role, according to a new study.

The study, published in the journal Environmental Research, comes just weeks after a years-long report in Iowa found the state’s agricultural chemicals and CAFO pollution are, in part, behind its rising cancer rate.

In the new study, Yale University researchers examined the rates of all cancers over the past 20 years in Texas, California and Iowa counties along with the density of CAFOs in the counties. High exposure counties were defined as those in the top 25% of CAFO density for their state. The researchers found rates for all types of cancers were 4% higher in highly exposed California counties, and 8% higher in highly exposed Iowa and Texas counties when compared to counties with lower CAFO density.

People living near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in California, Texas and Iowa suffer from higher rates of cancer, suggesting that the air and water pollution from the massive farms may be playing a role, according to a new study.