A recent International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health report on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the United States highlights a disturbing truth: large-scale ...
In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these ...
North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition calling for stricter regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations, deciding instead to establish a federal advisory committee to ...
Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Missouri News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration An estimated 99 percent of farm animals in the U.S. live in what the ...
The growth of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, has changed the landscape of eastern North Carolina in recent decades. Big companies now depend on North Carolina farmers to supply the ...
The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a study on the water quality impacts of large animal feeding operations before deciding whether to tighten rules for them. In a plan released Friday ...
Our neighbors in Sonoma County have an opportunity to take a bold step toward safeguarding public health and preserving the environment. A ballot initiative aimed at implementing a prohibition on ...
Missouri DNR will hold a public hearing on May 29 regarding proposed CAFO facilities near Pierce City and Verona. Eight different CAFO operations are seeking permits for poultry operations. Local ...
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