Opinion: Smithfield is using farmers as ‘pawns’ in hog lawsuits
Story Date: 7/19/2018

 

Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/18/18

Regarding “Duplin couple gets over $25M in hog-farm case” (July 1): As the end of that old saying goes, “You can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” For Smithfield Foods and its corporate owners, this is one of those times. For decades, industrial swine operations all across eastern North Carolina have used the outdated lagoon and sprayfield system to dispose of animal waste. Smithfield’s reliance on this archaic system has polluted the air and water and has had a negative impact on surrounding communities.

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