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Meat wagon

If JBS-Pilgrim’s deal goes through, four mega-firms will dominate the meat landscape 1
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
What the meat industry would look like if beef behemoth JBS bought chicken giant Pilgrim's Pride.
Politics Gone Hog Wild

Boss Hog’s attempted regulatory coup in North Carolina 1
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
For the past two years, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission has been crafting new rules to require water monitoring at factory hog farms, a significant source of pollution in the state. But last week, even with concerns growing over the environmental impacts of hog farms, the North Carolina Senate unanimously passed a bill that puts the rules process on hold until 2011 -- a display of the mighty political power Boss Hog holds in the state.
North Carolina governor asked to address hog industry’s health impacts 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Environmental advocates gathered at the North Carolina legislature yesterday for a press conference and prayer vigil asking the governor to create a task force to study and take action on health problems associated with industrial hog farms.
This little Senator went to market

Why the climate bill is in trouble (and how to help) 2
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
If it weren't for mixed messages, the US Senate wouldn't be sending any messages at all.
Terror in the grass

Locavores are ruining food and free range pork will kill us 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
A recent New York Times op-ed declared free-range pork deadly stuff, based on a study finding trichinosis in hogs that roam freely. The Paper of Record neglected to add that the pork-industry group funded the study.
Living Piggy Lives

Umbra on organic pork 19
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago