Are you a member of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce? Do you work for an organization that is? Let us tell you what your membership dues are paying for - you will be very surprised. The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce is catering to a small percentage of their members: industrial farms. They…
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT)- Butterball is again accused of abusing turkeys, just one week before Thanksgiving. The animal advocacy group, Mercy For Animals, says it has undercover footage of Butterball employees in North Carolina kicking, dragging and throwing turkeys at five facilities across four counties. On top of that, the agency says the birds had open…
The Humane Society of the United States served notice of its intent to sue 51 industrial-style intensive pig confinement operations located throughout Iowa, North Carolina and Oklahoma for unreported releases of the hazardous pollutant ammonia. These facilities, in several of the top pork-producing states, were identified after The HSUS conducted months of research into an…
Shortly before an area Butterball turkey farm was raided by local authorities, the company was tipped off by a state employee. Dr. Sarah Jean Mason, the Director of Animal Health Programs with the state Department of Agriculture, admitted to investigators that she lied about the leak. Now a NC group is asking state Agriculture Commissioner…
Sustainable farming is a way of raising food that is healthy for consumers and animals, does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals, provides a fair wage to the farmer, and supports and enhances rural communities. Sustainable farming is a return to the way farming used to be done before industrial farming…