by Bra5c0 | Dec 8, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
This past week, as in previous nuisance trials, there was a moment when the Texas lawyer stood before the jury and attempted with all his might to ignite in them the passions of ancient division: To make these cases about good versus evil. “This process,” he told the...
by Bra5c0 | Dec 7, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
The fourth nuisance trial is in the hands of a jury. And so, now, we wait. We wait for a just result. We wait for the signal that, yes, facts and truth can and will prevail in a courtroom 100 miles away from our farms. Importantly, we wait in a belief that the men and...
by Bra5c0 | Nov 16, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
A nuisance lawsuit against a North Carolina hog farm, the fourth in a series of trials, began Wednesday in federal court in Raleigh. This case involves a farm in Sampson County. The Texas lawyer was back in town this week and he was again spinning quite a tale. In his...
by Bra5c0 | Oct 10, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
Hurricane Florence was a historic storm that dumped more than eight trillion gallons of water on North Carolina over a four-day period. It caused an estimated $22 billion in damage and claimed more than 40 lives in our state. The storm has impacted every major...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 18, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
In North Carolina, we raise about 8.9 million pigs on 2,100 farms. Our farmers took extraordinary measures in advance of this storm, including moving thousands of animals out of harm’s way as the hurricane approached. The storm’s impact was felt deeply across a very...
