Despite the goal to unite Missourians around a common cause, rural advocacy groups have been pushing the EPA for more regulation from the Clean Water Act on corporate farming. Tim Gibbons, communications director for the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, said the Clean Water Act has not been adequately updated since the industrialization of the livestock industry and factory farms are infringing on the rights of rural family farmers, including their property, water and air. "At the state and federal level, it s a race to the bottom relative to protecting people who have oftentimes lived here for generations," he said. " .
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