Court rejects Smithfield’s arguments, giving low-income neighbors of hog farms hope - North Carolina Health News
A federal appeals court last month struck down most of Smithfield Foods’ arguments in a scathing rebuke to the industry’s pork production methods and its treatment of low-income neighbors.
By Greg Barnes Elsie Herring said she is thrilled by a federal appeals court ruling last month that rejected most of the arguments presented by Smithfield Foods in a case that has pitted the world’s largest hog producer against its mostly low-income Black neighbors. Herring, 72, said she has been fighting how Smithfield raises its […]
