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At trial, facts can mislead

Posted on June 5, 2018June 10, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

At the nuisance trial in Raleigh, Steve Wing was testifying about his views on hog farms.

Wing was both a researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill – and an officer in a nonprofit organization that filed complaints about the hog industry. He …

Posted in Beyond Bacon, Court casesTagged lawsuits, nuisance trial, Truth of the Matter, WastelandLeave a comment

The truth about … hog farms and asthma

Posted on April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 by Jen Kendrick

A favorite line of those who attack hog farms is that our farms trigger – are you ready for this? – asthma. It’s a claim that shows up quite a bit, most recently in a recent Rolling Stone article:

Even …

Posted in Beyond BaconTagged asthma, health, Truth of the MatterLeave a comment

The truth about… why hog farms are in Eastern North Carolina

Posted on April 2, 2018April 9, 2018 by Jen Kendrick

North Carolina is one of the nation’s leading hog producers with more than 2,000 permitted farms. Most of them are in eastern North Carolina. Sampson and Duplin County, alone, account for about 40 percent of all the pigs and hogs …

Posted in Beyond BaconTagged diversification, feed, location, processing plants, Truth of the MatterLeave a comment
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