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Unchecked growth of industrial animal farms spurs long fight for environmental justice in Eastern NC

By Melba Newsome On a Sunday evening in July, about 30 residents from around Sampson County gathered at Byrd’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Rose Hill, about 20 miles from the county seat of Clinton, to hear about a soon-to-be-constructed methane pipeline.  For many, it is simply another in a long list of Smithfield Foods’ […]