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Tag: hog farming

Photo shows a large, flat field with some structures in the distance. In the foreground, a large plastic looking tarp on the ground
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Environmentalists continue battle with lawmakers, pork industry over biogas from hog waste

by Greg Barnes May 21, 2021August 31, 2022
A lagoon for hog waste. Photo shows a lake of feces next to buildings
Posted inHealth Inequities

Court rejects Smithfield’s arguments, giving low-income neighbors of hog farms hope

by Greg Barnes December 4, 2020December 3, 2020
A woman with short black hair speaks to a bus full of students with a microphone. She is Dr. Pam Ries of the ECU college of nursing. She heads a rural health program.
Posted inRural Health

From nursing students to rural health pros: ECU program takes aim at NC’s rural provider shortage

by Liora Engel-Smith September 25, 2020January 29, 2021
shows hog carcasses hanging in a processing plant.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Coronavirus invading N.C. meat processing plants

by Greg Barnes April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Mental Health

Hurricane Dorian thrashes farmer’s tobacco crop

by Greg Barnes September 6, 2019September 9, 2019
A field of corn that's leaning over with pines trees behind it.
Posted inFeatured

For one Brunswick County farmer, it feels like hurricanes “have become the new norm”

by Greg Barnes September 5, 2019April 13, 2021

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