Chuck Abbott Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue joined farm groups on Monday in calling for a $50 million judgment against a North Carolina hog farm to be overturned. “This is despicable,” Perdue said of the judgment reached by a federal jury in a lawsuit that challenged the hog farm as a nuisance that exposed neighbors to…
by Eric Posner and Glen Weyl | May 1, 2018 The comedian Chris Rock once said, “If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets.” Populist revolts throughout the world may not count as street riots, but they do reflect disenchantment with not just our government but also…
FOOD POLITICS By Marion Nestle The Smithfield Nuisance (Stench) Verdict: $50 million! Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:18 AM PDT As anyone who has ever been within sniffing distance of an industrial pig farm can tell you, the stench is pervasive, gets into your clothes, and seems impossible to avoid or wash out. It seems incomprehensible…
Warning! Brazil’s Overlooked Threat to America’s Beef Industry China’s economic war against the U.S. gets headlines so it’s easy to miss what Brazil is seeking to do to America’s cattle market by Bill Bullard | Updated 01 May 2018 at 8:33 AM When a Chinese firm purchased the world’s largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods, for…