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North Carolina’s poultry industry surges, but at what cost to health and environment?

By Will Atwater The Northern Red Cardinal has worn the crown as North Carolina’s official bird for eight decades, but judging by the numbers in a new report, another bird is king. In 2022 state poultry operations “housed”nearly 357 million chickens and turkeys, up from 250 million in 2007, according to data provided by the […]

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