Beyond Bacon is our blog where we will keep you informed on what’s happening in the NC pork industry.
The federal government has issued formal guidance to the nation about the “essential critical infrastructure workforce” and the “special responsibility” to maintain continuity amid a national effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
It should be no surprise that farmers …
The following was sent as a letter to the editor of local papers by a pig farmer and NCPC board member:
As Americans begin dealing with the spread of COVID-19, they can learn a lot from the example set by …
February is American Heart Month—a time to for us to turn our attention to “matters of the heart” – our heart health. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., affecting many North Carolina families. Take time …
The news has been filled lately with more stories about the growing divide between North Carolina’s urban and rural communities. While larger cities are experiencing a wave of growth, many rural communities are struggling with declining populations and the continued …
Whether you’re eating bacon in the morning or pork chops at dinner, you can rest assured that your pork products are home grown.
North Carolina is one of the nation’s top pork producers and most of that meat stays right …
It was an invitation to a livestock show that turned the McNealys into a pig family. Watching her friend parade around a show ring with a pig, 9-year-old Ella McNealy was hooked, and she soon convinced her parents to let …
The News & Observer published a story on the front page of the Sunday paper, written by a freelance writer and directly funded by a policy advocacy organization, that is factually incorrect and dishonest.
The story is inaccurate on three …
Here are reports from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to the General Assembly about animal operations for the past decade.
These document 24,551 inspections on permitted farms in the time period covered.
Additionally, these document complaints that inspectors acted …
There is an entity called the Open Philanthropy Project that is funded largely from the personal fortune of billionaire Dustin Moskovitz and his wife, Cari Tuna.
Moskovitz is a co-founder of Facebook.
One focus area of the Open Philanthropy Project …
UPDATE: Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at 4:30 p.m.
Surveying by regulators and the North Carolina pork industry continues to indicate that impacts to or from pig farms in North Carolina from Hurricane Dorian has been limited.
There are no reports …