North Carolina can create lasting solutions to the problems of factory hog farm pollution, in a manner that assures continued productive hog farming. It all starts with RESPECT: respect for other people and respect for the natural environment.

What North Carolina Needs to Do Now

The temporary moratorium on new factory hog farms should remain in place until state lawmakers adopt a more comprehensive program for controlling the problems. At a minimum, North Carolina must require that:

1. Hog factories should not be located too close to neighbors, or in floodplains, wetlands, vulnerable watersheds, or other environmentally sensitive areas.
   
    
2. Hog factories must be required to use the best technologies available and meet strong performance standards to control water pollution, air pollution, and odors.
   
    
3. Citizens and local governments should have more say in whether factory hog farms are constructed in their community.
   
    
4. The pork industry must assume greater responsibility in ensuring that North Carolina's hog farms are both productive and environmentally sustainable.

Learn more about specific and comprehensive solutions; see Raising Hogs Right: Finding Solutions for North Carolina in Fact Sheets. Environmental Defense's Recommendations for a Plan to Phase Out the Use of Anaerobic Lagoons and Sprayfields can be found in the Resource Center.

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