Record #:

27258

Author(s):

Bouloubasis, Victoria

Abstract:

North Carolina is home to more hogs than people, and pork is one of the state's top agricultural exports. Pastured pork is a form of resistance against an industrial behemoth, one rife with poor practices and environmental disasters. To combat this, a small but growing number of people in the Triangle area are raising hogs with consideration for the animals' welfare as well as their flavor.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 33, August 2016, p22-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hog industry; Agriculture--Environmental aspects

Record #:

3191

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Testing by state health authorities found that one-third of 948 drinking water wells located near livestock farms had contaminants, and one in ten exceeded safe standards. Nitrate was the prime pollutant.

Source:

Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Winter 1997, p5, il

Subject(s):

Agriculture--Environmental aspects; Water, Underground--Pollution; Wells; Drinking water--Contamination--Health aspects

Record #:

2536

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Researchers at North Carolina State University seek to determine how effective grass and riparian barriers are in removing pollutants from runoff from fields where animal waste has been applied.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 295, Sept/Oct 1995, pInsert, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Agriculture--Environmental aspects; Manures; Pollution--Research; Agricultural pollution

Record #:

1956

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Research at sites in Duplin and Sampson Counties has led North Carolina State University scientists to conclude that drinking water wells near agricultural fields should be constructed below the clay aquitard to protect them from nitrate contamination.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 289, Sept/Oct 1994, p9, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Agriculture--Environmental aspects; Wells; Drinking water--Contamination

Record #:

1080

Author(s):

Andry, Allain C.

Abstract:

There exists a conflict between agricultural practices and the consequences they have on others' property and on the environment. Andry analyzes this issue in the context of North Carolina's Right-to-Farm Law and the opposing concept of nuisance law.

Source:

North Carolina State Economist (NoCar HD 1401 T34), Vol. Issue , May 1993, p1, il, por

Subject(s):

Agriculture--Environmental aspects; Agriculture--Laws and legislation

Record #:

872

Author(s):

Cecelski, David; Kerr, Mary Lee

Abstract:

As corporate hog farming closes down small farms, it also threaten the economic health of rural communities and pollutes the environment.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 46, Nov 1992, p10-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Swine--Breeding; Farm corporations; Agriculture--Environmental aspects