Factory Farming in Minnesota: Time for a Change? 

The panel discussion will examine the social justice, environmental and animal welfare impacts of factory farming in Minnesota. Factory farming is a system of rearing livestock using intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions.

The panelists will include:

• Sonja Trom Eayrs, a family law attorney and a farmer’s daughter
• Colleen Carpenter, a faculty member in theology at St. Catherine University, who has written a book that discusses eco-theological issues
• Tim Culver, an attorney and Robina Legal Fellow with the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
• Jeff Johnson, faculty member in philosophy at St. Catherine University, who teaches courses on food ethics and ethics of eating certain animals
• Chris Peterson, a family pig farmer and advisor to the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project