Chicken Frenzy: A State Awash in Hog Farms Faces a Poultry Boom
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Long home to industrial hog facilities, North Carolina has seen a huge increase in large-scale poultry farms, with more than 1,000 added in 2020 alone. The state scarcely regulates the poultry industry and its waste, which threatens waters in low-wealth communities of color.
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