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Search results for "hog farms" ...
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"Permit process at center of hog farm controversy"
A South Carolina hog farmer - after receiving advice from state officials - deceived the public about the size of the farm he wanted to build and told county officials to not talk about the topic.
Tags: Agriculture; farms; hogs; pigs; South Carolina; regulations
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Raising a Stink: The Struggle over Factory Hog Farms in Nebraska
This book explores the environmental, cultural, political and economic themes surrounding the controversy over factory hog farms in Nebraska. It traces the history of hog production and analyzes the effects of factory farms.
Tags: BOOK
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Pig Out
A study of Seaboard Corp., the world's third-largest pork producer, based in Merriam, Kan. The company says it enriches communities while local groups argue that Seaboard lowers per capita income, drives up crime and creates pollution. There is an ongoing EPA investigation into Seaboard, and the company has been fined for several documented spills and sued by state departments, the Sierra Club and private individuals. The article gives a detailed description of hog farming.
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Feeding the World, poisoning the planet
In just the past two decades, industrialization, population growth and intense use of chemical fertilizers have doubled the amount of nitrogen in circulation among living things...And this sudden explosion of nitrogen has meant mounting worldwide environmental problems that promise to soon get worse and, some scientists predict, to reach the point of calamity." Some examples: More frequent algae blooms (red tides) kill fish and other sea life in coastal waters, invasive plants take over prairies in Minnesota, acid rain in the Blue Ride Mountains, visibility impaired in waters near the Great Barrier Reef, forest mushrooms disappear in Holland.
Tags: nitrogen; environment; water; red tide; algae; seafood; sewage; fishing; "dead zones"; praires; fertilizer; ammonia; farming; sea grass; Baltic; blue crabs; sea grass; agriculture; scallops; monk seals; sea lions; shrimp; hogs; Lake Pontchartrain
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No Act of God
Amicus Journal looks at the damage caused when Hurricane Floyd flooded hog and poultry farms in North Carolina contaminating rivers and wells.
Tags: pollution; hog farms; North Carolina; Hurricane Floyd
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"Hog Farm Plans Cause a Big Stink"
This two-part series examines the pros and cons of a controversial shift in area agriculture, the corporatization of hog farming.
Tags: mega-hog farms; Knox County; environment; livestock; technology
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The New Farm Crisis
Corporate hog giants like Premium Standard Farms have flooded the market and sent pork prices plummeting. Many small farmers are driven out of business and then added to the PSF payroll as animal factory employees.
Tags: Employment
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Factory Farms: Profit at a Price
Because of an exemption in state law, corporate hog farms are allowed to operate in three counties in northern Missouri. They've brought economic gain, but also wrought environmental damage, and the organization charged with overseeing the, the Department of Natural Resources, Lacks the authority to force them to change their ways. An investigation of Premium Standard Farms, the third largest pork producer in the county, reveals that hog manure spills from their facilities continue to damage Missouri's waters.
Tags: VIDEOCLIP TAPE TRANSCRIPT pigs livestock waste run-off
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U.S. News & World Report looks at how pig farming has gone high tech and is creating new pollution woes. Human waste or industrial discharges must be treated to federal or state clean water standards, but giant hog factories are regulated no differently than small farms, where waste rules are minimal. Last summer, hog wastes were blamed as the major cause of pollution that killed more than 10 million freshwater fish in North Carolina rivers. Wastes from big pig farms also threaten well water and surface water with parasites, bacteria and viruses. (Jan. 22, 1996)
Tags: Satchell Hog heaven and hell Pork Environment Meat production EPA Industrial farming 4 pgs.
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The Power of Pork
The News & Observer investigates North Carolina's corporate swine industry and how it won laws and policies that have promoted the industry's rapid growth. The investigation also details how the industry profits from a network of formal and informal alliances with powerful people in government and how it has managed to avoid strict environmental oversight while contributing to the pollution of water resources.
Tags: CAR CAJ Hogs Political Contributions Legislators Murphy Family Farms Phone Records