North Carolina ‘no place for CAFOs,’ says green group

Hurricane Florence is the latest illustration that “flood-prone coastal states like North Carolina are no place for CAFOs,” said the Union of Concerned Scientists, calling for tighter regulation of industrial livestock farms. Gov. Roy Cooper and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue are scheduled to view agricultural damage today and may see some of the four dozen… » Read More

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