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29214
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In Rose Hill, North Carolina, Murphy Farms, the world's largest producer of pork, has become a multi-state and multi-million dollar company. Across this sprawling operation in Duplin County, pigs are housed in state-of-the-art facilities and raised with modern technology.
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15958
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As the hog farm industry grows in North Carolina, so do the environmental implications that accompany it. This article examines the environmental dangers that the hog farm industry poses to North Carolina's rivers and streams, and addresses the legal protections against regulation by state and federal legislatures against prevention and protection.
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28239
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The state’s politicians have let Smithfield Packing abuse workers in Tar Heel, and it is time both groups clean up their mess. Smithfield needs to improve working conditions and allow its workers to unionize. The company also needs to improve its plant’s safety, support training and education programs for immigrant Hispanic workers, and stop supporting hog farms which pollute the area water supply. State politicians need to pressure the meatpacker to make these changes to protect workers and the state’s environment.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 15, April 2007,
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24137
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Michael Jones used to manage factory hog farms but turned to smaller farming methods that humanely raise hogs that taste better and are hormone free.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 4, April 2011,
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29001
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American Rivers, a national conservation organization, listed North Carolina’s Neuse River as the seventh most endangered river in the United States. They blamed hog and poultry industries for contaminating the waters. Advocates are urging legislators to restore a voluntary buyout program so that water resources can recover.
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34314
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In July, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and North Carolina Attorney General Mike Easley announced that they had reached an agreement for phasing out open-air hog lagoons and spray fields in North Carolina. Smithfield will pay $15 million to North Carolina State University to develop environmentally superior waste disposal technologies within two years. Some details of the agreement are provided in this article.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 325, Sept/Oct 2000,
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43350
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Prestage is owner of Prestage Farms in Clinton. This year, Prestage Farms and Prestage Foods will process 505 million turkeys and more than 1 billion pounds of pork. Prestage employs 2,800 workers and 475 contract farmers nationwide. Bill Prestage notes success of the business in its efficiency with regard to nutrition and environment the animals are in.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, February 2020,
p56-57
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16943
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Talbott discusses the revitalization of the small-scale hog industry in North Carolina, looking at food security, animal welfare, environmental concerns, and the use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics.
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28237
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Hog lagoons or cesspools are the disposal method of waste in the hog industry. However, after 2005, there were no supposed to be any more lagoons in use in the state. The lagoons contaminate groundwater and nearby watersheds and Governor Easely made a deal with industry to do away with the lagoons for a better environmentally and economically feasible method. To date, there has not been an agreed-upon economically feasible method, but some are hoping that research will produce one soon.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 14, April 2007,
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28232
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A proposed merger would cause Smithfield Packing to have a monopoly on the hog market in North Carolina. If the merger goes through, farmers would have less leverage to negotiate prices for their product. Politicians in the state have been silent on the issue as Smithfield has contributed money to many party committees and political candidates. Farmers in the state speak about concerns and the effects the merger would have on them.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 14, April 2007,
p22
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29093
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United States Representative David Price, a Democrat who represents Wake and Orange counties, is trying to improve environmental standards for North Carolina’s hog industry. In late May, Price introduced a bill called the Swine Act, which would encourage the development, certification, and adoption of environmentally sustainable waste-management technologies.
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