Big Ag Is Hiding in Plain Sight and It’s Making Us Sick
More than 9 billion animals are raised for food each year in the United States, the vast majority on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). These massi...
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With Dorian, NC Faces Same Hog Waste Threat as in Florence
As Hurricane Dorian approaches a year later, not much has improved for North Carolinians since Hurricanes Florence and Michael....
Something in the NC Farm Act Stinks
How do you promote a “sweet potato brand” and hide information about millions and millions of gallons of feces from the general public all at once? It sounds...
What's Poo Got to Do With It?
Communities living near hog farms are in harm's way, and the permit the legislature wants to delay includes long-overdue protections from this dangerous air and...
Getting the Lead Out of DC Drinking Water
Earlier this year, the District Council took a step to clean up our drinking water, passing a law that would prohibit partial lead service line replacements—a...
New Swine Waste Permit Fails to Protect Communities & Water
This should be the last General Permit for industrial hog operations that the sanctions the lagoon and sprayfield system. Period. ...