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North Carolina Links
Carolina Health and Environment Community Center Hog Site. Contains articles on hog factories and hog waste management, with a
particular focus on odor and public health issues. Part of the University of North Carolina School of Public Health's Environmental Resource Program.
Concerned Citizens of Tillery - Hog Roundtable. Addresses and contact information for the Hog Roundtable, a coalition of grassroots
environmental organizations, farmers and other advocacy groups who are concerned about North Carolina's hog industry.
Livestock Manure Nutrient Assessment in North Carolina - 1993 A nutrient assessment was initiated to determine where clusters of livestock and poultry are located, to assess manure generation by county, to determine the recoverable manure nutrients which can be made available for plant growth, to determine the quantity of nutrients required for agronomic crops and forages in each county and to determine the balance in each county between plant available manure nutrients and agronomic crop needs.
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service's Animal Waste Management site. Provides links and information on
operator certification, innovative treatment systems, emergency management, and North Carolina State University faculty engaged in animal waste management research.
It includes information for livestock besides hogs as well.
North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics Service. Includes up-to-date statistics on North Carolina agriculture, often
broken down by county.
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. / Information from and about North Carolina's primary environmental regulatory
agency. Includes staff directories and contact information. Useful pages within the site include:
North Carolina General Assembly. Extensive information on legislators and laws. Full text and history of pending and enacted legislation.
North Carolina State Government Home Page. Extensive information on North Carolina state government offices and programs. Includes contact
information for and links to most state agencies.
North Carolina State University Aquatic Botany Laboratory -- Pfiesteria piscicida Page Extensive information on pfiesteria, including scientific information, public advisories, and answers to frequently asked questions.
North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences. Contains details on NCSU's extensive scientific research on water quality,
odor, and other hog-related issues, as well as a variety of other information related to hog factories. Home page includes a search feature. Useful pages within the site include:
Raleigh News and Observer, "Boss Hog" Series. Full text of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Boss Hog" newspaper
article series, as well as extensive follow-up stories and commentary.
U.S. Geological Survey in North Carolina. Information on water quality in rivers and coastal waters, and other information on ongoing USGA activities.
Includes daily water quality reports for several major North Carolina waterways.
National Links
Center For Rural Affairs. Information from nonprofit sustainable agriculture organization focusing on social justice, economic opportunity, and environmental
stewardship. Several pages on hog-related issues.
Corporate Agribusiness Research Project (CARP). Information and publications on alternatives to corporate agribusiness and the
consequences of highly-concentrated agriculture operations.
Environmental Interest Organization. Environmental information from Virginia-based non-profit, including detailed information on factory hog farms.
Families Against Rural Messes. Hog-related information from Illinois citizen-activists, including bibliographies, links, proposed legislation, and an
extensive news archive.
Grace Factory Farm Project. Features weekly updates on animal agriculture issues and efforts to replace factory farms.
Humane Society of the United States' Halt Hog Factories Site. Site concerned withthe welfare of hogs kept in factory farms.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Feedlot Page. State government site which details regulations and issues related to animal
feedlots in Minnesota. Includes a number of downloadable technical documents and fact sheets.
National Pork Producers Council. Home page for national trade organization of pork producers. Information on industry initiatives to reduce pollution
available here. (http://www.nppc.org/PROD/producermain.html)
Natural Resources Defense Council. Site for national non-profit environmental advocacy organization that includes detailed information on various
environmental issues, including information on the impacts of large-scale animal operations.
Sierra Club. Home page for national environmental advocacy organization; pages for local chapters also hosted here. Local and national hog-related
information available. Home page includes a search tool.
Southern Environmental Law Center is a non-profit, regional organization dedicated to protecting the natural areas and resources of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Swine Farm Zoning Notebook. Contains statutes, regulations, ordinances, and court
cases addressing zoning, nuisance, andanimal waste management issues for swine farm operations and other intensive livestockoperations.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Information from federal government on agriculture and agriculture-related programs. Home page includes a search feature.
Useful pages within the site include:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA maintains an extensive website that details their research and regulation efforts. For specific
information, browse from the homepage or use the site's search feature. Useful pages within the site include:
U.S. Geological Survey. Extensive information on water quality research, as well as biology, geology, and mapping. Home page includes search feature that can
access a nationwide network of U.S.G.S. resources.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Marine Biological Laboratory Library Page. Library page for non-profit oceanographic research institution.
Includes an online catalog and an excellent set of electronic resources available via the web, including many general-purpose references and links.
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