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Hog Farming Has a Massive Poop Problem

Provided by: Vox |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

  • This video is about the environmental and social justice issues surrounding industrial hog farming practices, focusing on pig farms in North Carolina. 
  • Students will learn how industrial hog farms and contract farms "manage" the waste, how these practices impact the health and quality of life in the surrounding communities, the lack of regulations on the industry, proposed solutions, and why things are not yet changing. 
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Subjects: Biology, Economics
Authors: Vox
Region: North America, USA - South, USA - Midwest, United States, North Carolina
Languages: English

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