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Tag: Smithfield Foods

Two men are standing down slope from a series of hog houses. One man is dressed in overalls and a cap and the other man has on a orange down vest. There are fluffy white clouds overhead.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

 From hogs to mushrooms: a family farmer fights to chart a new path

by Will Atwater December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

By Will Atwater Tom Butler has had enough and wants out.  In 1995, he and his brother Robert took over the family tobacco farm just as the industry was declining. Both their father and grandfather were tobacco farmers, but soon after taking over that legacy operation, they decided to pivot away from growing tobacco and […]

Shows satellite view of land holding three large hog farm complexes with waste lagoons adjacent to the hog houses.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Decades of legal battles over pollution by industrial hog farms haven’t changed much for eastern NC residents burdened by environmental racism

by Melba Newsome October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
Aerial photo shows a hog-waste lagoon in Columbus County. Photo courtesy of Cape Fear River Watch
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Environmental lawsuit challenges NC biogas production from hog waste

by Carolina Public Press October 23, 2021October 22, 2021
Posted inEnvironmental Health

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

by Melba Newsome October 20, 2021August 31, 2022
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
The Smithfield Foods processing plant in Tar Heel employs up to 5,000 workers and slaughters 30,000 to 35,000 hogs a day: Photo credit: Melissa Sue Garrets, The Fayetteville Observer
Posted inInfectious Disease

Congressional subcommittee launches investigation into coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants

by Greg Barnes February 12, 2021February 11, 2021

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