North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated animal feeding operations," or CAFOs. These farming operations are a major economic driver for the state — but they also produce tons of waste, alter the landscape, and present new environmental challenges.
Thanks to the generous support of the Fourth Estate Fund, WHQR was able to partner with environmental journalist David Boraks for our series, CAFO Country, which took a closer look at the issue.
You can find more, including individual segments, here: CAFO Country: WHQR's series takes a closer look at concentrated animal feeding operations in North Carolina
You can find Lisa Sorg's reporting from Inside Climate News here: Trump Cancels Study on Health Impacts of Industrialized Hog Farms That Produce Biogas
