Dustin Kittle
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Environmental and Agricultural Lawyer who operates Snow Creek Ranch | Snow Creek Clydesdales
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Duck River, Tennessee — This is the future intake location for the Duck River Pipeline set to draw 32 million gallons per day out of the fragile Duck River, heralded as North America’s most biodiverse river. Residents in the Duck River Basin are pushing back on the land and water grab by the City of Columbia, TN that is part of a $520 Million project to be financed by the ratepayers with rate increases for drinking water set to go into effect today, March 1, 2026. #TheGreatWaterHeist 🇺🇸 🎼 : the marshall tucker band
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And here we go — 🐓 The Pennsylvania Legislature, perhaps seeing the policies of the prior Federal Administration beginning to fade away, has a Bill on the table to “strengthen” the authority of the Secretary of Ag to cull poultry flocks in response to the Avian Flu. Pennsylvania’s recent history in its treatment of the Ag Industry has not been kind (see Amos Miller, et al.); and this sure seems to be a power play to pick up the slack and mirror the same scheme used by the USDA, at the State level. This Pennsylvania Representative, Stephanie Borowicz (Rep. Stephanie Borowicz), does not appear to be buying the bullshit though and is asking the hard questions. We need more of this or we will “trust the experts” right into another disaster when it comes to crisis management of a virus. When there is funding readily available for these depopulation events, and lobbyists carrying the mail to push these Bills, and Big Pharma waiting in the shadows with vaccines in development, I get real skeptical that all the motives are pure. We must remain vigilant at the Federal level — but also the State level — now moreso than ever.
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#TheGreatWaterHeist The Rural Route: We can now confirm that Columbia Power & Water Systems has used the threat of EMINENT DOMAIN for at least THREE (3) YEARS to intimidate landowners in Maury County, Tennessee into selling them their land - long before they had obtained the requisite approval to operate (or construct) the Duck River Pipeline. Seemingly, their goal was to intimidate rural residents into a belief that the Pipeline crossing their farms was inevitable; convincing many of those landowners to “voluntarily” grant easements and/or sell acreage; CPWS then used that data as self-serving support for a purported “shovel ready” project, representing they owned 60% of the land needed for the Pipeline (while never informing the public of the means to that end). —— We have reached a critical juncture here where the leadership of CPWS, CEO Jonathan Hardin and Vice President of Water Resources Matt Wheeler, should come forward and present the truth of how this was allowed to occur on their watch — from the threats to use Eminent Domain to allowing the water capacity to reach 93% while still handing out permits, those two individuals should be answering some hard questions. This is a $520 Million crisis, by their own figures, and the people they are forcing to pay that debt are owed an explanation as to who put us in that position; and why there was such desperation they felt compelled to threaten the land of our friends and neighbors. When you start taking away property rights, it does not sit well with the honest, hardworking people of our communities who know full well the history here, where people fought and died for this land, with much of the path of the Duck River Pipeline situated along land that was deeded for Revolutionary War Service. The current leadership of the City of Columbia may not take those issues seriously, but I can assure them that there are plenty of people here who still do. Hardin and Wheeler should address all of this or they should resign; and at this point, it’s really that simple. - Dustin
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Nashville, TN || State House Disgusting — Some tomfoolery afoot from these two, which is no surprise — Rep. Chris Todd and sidekick Rusty Grills pushing an amendment to the Scenic River Bill that provides an exception for hazardous waste landfills; Todd, a former TDEC environmental specialist (yep, TDEC), brought the amendment forward in what one could assume is an effort to eliminate the only buffer standing between the Duck River and the mass-scale contamination event that may or may not be caused by whoever it is that is whispering in Chris Todd’s ear. As for Rusty Grills, you may remember his name from such Greatest Hits as the Pesticide Immunity Bill sponsored by Bayer & the Modern Monsanto Alliance. Imagine growing up to protect Landfills and Pesticide Manufacturers instead of Rivers and Human Beings; Disgusting. ——— It just takes one minute to tell everyone on the Tennessee House Agriculture Subcommittee how you feel; click below:
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Columbia, TN (Maury County) — My speech before the County Commission’s Admin Committee this past Tuesday night, in which I detailed one of the ways that developers are evading Planning Commission review to build unapproved subdivisions; After the meeting, I was informed that my speech had violated the County Commission Rules by referencing conduct engaged in by a County Commissioner. I was also advised that a County Commissioner had demanded to know why I was not called out of order. I would encourage those Commissioners to review the United States Constitution prior to the County Commission Meeting to be held on March 16, 2026. I would also encourage the Public to attend and make clear to these elected officials that we have no intent to give up our First Amendment rights in this County; those who would advocate to silence the speech of the Public have no place serving on the Commission. — DK
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Look what just came out of the Oven ☀️ Happy Thanksgiving from Snow Creek!! 🦃 🎼 John Denver
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The National Cow Herd numbers may be down but it’s not Cassia’s fault; last night, she delivered her 8th and 9th calves for us since the Fall of 2020, including three sets of twins over that span — she had a single heifer in 2020, a single bull in 2021, twin bull and heifer in 2022, single heifer in 2023, twin bull and heifer in 2024, and now these twin bull calves born last night. Cassia’s Calving Notes: 2020 = Cassie (heifer) 2021 = Casanova (bull) 2022 = Bear (bull) + Shug (heifer) 2023 = Cassandra (heifer) 2024 = Cassius (bull) + Prissy (heifer) 2025 = Twin Bull + Twin Bull
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Beef Checkoff: Rigged💲 || Post No. 1 There is an Unholy Trinity of Middlers who stand between the Farmers and Ranchers on the one side and Big Ag on the other. It’s my opinion that the Middlers have done more harm to the Farmers and Ranchers than Big Ag ever could — because they are on the inside playing the Farmer for a fool. I harp relentlessly on the first two of the Unholy Trinity: Farm Credit + Farm Bureau. But there is a third amongst them and it’s the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association or the NCBA; and we start taking a look at them tonight. Meet my friend Fred Stokes — a hero to cattle producers and a man of integrity. More to come.
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Ladies and gentlemen, you are in for a special treat tonight, as @TheHangryOkie messaged me earlier today that he had put pen to paper on a song for Herschel, the newest bottle baby calf at Snow Creek; And I’ll just say it, y’all are not ready for how good this is lol — Herschel by the way is doing fantastic with both his walking and his nursing, and who wouldn’t feel fantastic if someone had just written a song about them?! Good night from Snow Creek!! And thank you to @TheHangryOkie — I’ve been going around the house for the last hour singing, “Her-schel, little heartbeat strong …..” — bravo, fantastic, rest well everybody!!
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mommy I want a silver clydesdale pony — Snow Creek Greta Gale at just a few months old here.
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HEADLINE: TENNESSEE FARMERS WIN THE DAY!!! #SaveOurFarms 🇺🇸🌾
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