by Jen Kendrick | Aug 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Municipal waste plants often discharge raw human sewage directly into the waters of the state, in both periodic rain events and more significant storms. It happens year-round in all parts of the state. These circumstances are the result of what are called “sanitary...
by Jen Kendrick | Jul 31, 2020 | Beyond Bacon
As Hurricane Isaias makes its way toward North Carolina, it’s a good time to remind the news media about misperceptions regarding pig farms and hurricanes. As the Associated Press reported last year, hurricanes often spawn storms of misinformation. That includes dire...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 15, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, Uncategorized
Here are reports from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to the General Assembly about animal operations for the past decade. These document 24,551 inspections on permitted farms in the time period covered. Additionally, these document complaints that...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 9, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
UPDATE: Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. Surveying by regulators and the North Carolina pork industry continues to indicate that impacts to or from pig farms in North Carolina from Hurricane Dorian has been limited. There are no reports of a breach, structural...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 6, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
UPDATE: 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 North Carolina hog farms did not have significant impacts from severe Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall today in North Carolina. Farm anaerobic treatment lagoons, which are used to manage manure in protection of the...
