2021 at Windom Park. Environmentalists organized by the Land Stewardship Project gathered on a cold November day to protest the Daley plan to intensify their Lewiston feedlot.
LSP: Suit aimed to bully people into silence
LEWISTON, Minn. – The Land Stewardship Project, which has crusaded against factory agriculture, claimed a victory for “Winona County’s water, land and air.” The claim was in a public statement in the wake of a decision by the Daley mega-dairy farm at Lewiston to withdraw a federal lawsuit against the Project and nine individuals. LSP repeated its contention that the Daley suit was dirty politics. The lawsuit, right before the November 2022 election, was an attempt “to intimidate public servants for doing their jobs. Among defendants, The Land Stewardship Project noted, were three members of the Winona County Board — Marie Kovesci, Chris Meyer and Greg Olson. The suit also was an effort to silence neighbors who were speaking up for and core values to protect he environment, the LSP statement said. “During the past four years, neighbors of Daley Farm and other residents in Winona County have repeatedly made it clear that Daley Farm’s proposed expansion, which approaches four times the County’s animal unit cap, is not welcome in the community.”
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LSP: “It is time that Daley Farm finally recognizes the reality: the proposed expansion makes no sense legally, environmentally, or from a community wellbeing standpoint. It is well past time that Daley Farm listens to the people of Winona County, stops wasting public resources, and drops its expansion.”