5987

Pugh, Mary Joan Manley

Corporations are purchasing large tracts of land on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula for the purpose of building superfarms. First Colony Farms, Inc., established by Malcolm McLean, is the largest, with 370,000 acres. Pugh assesses the major effects that construction of such farms would have on the sensitive coastal environment.

Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 2 Issue 2, Summer 1976, p34-42, il, f Periodical Website

Farms, Size of--North Carolina, Eastern; Agriculture--Environmental aspects--North Carolina, Eastern

9529

Taylor, Mark

Corporations are purchasing large tracts of land on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula for the purpose of building superfarms in counties including Dare, Tyrrell, Washington, Hyde, and Beaufort. Taylor examines how these farms are changing the landscape of eastern North Carolina and how it might affect the state's wildlife and marine ecology.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 42 Issue 8, Aug 1978, p6-13, il Periodical Website

Farms, Size of--North Carolina, Eastern; Agriculture--Environmental aspects--North Carolina, Eastern

12260

Roberts, Frank M.

First Colony Farms, owned by Malcolm McLean, at approximately 355,000 acres is the nation's largest, privately-owned single unit farm. The farm spans over parts of Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, and Dare Counties.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 11, Apr 1975, p14-15, il Periodical Website

Farms, Size of--North Carolina, Eastern; First Colony Farms (Hyde County)

35499

Phelps, Deane

In refuting the belief a friend from Ohio had about this state containing plantation houses, Phelps revealed what NC has that harkens back to the agrarian life gone by: superfarms. This led to a discussion of the debated positive and negative impacts of superfarms for the state and nation.

New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Mar/Apr 1976, p21-23

Farms, Size of--North Carolina, Eastern; Farms--Carteret County