/tags/smithfield-foods Smithfield Foods en-US Copyright Thu, 19 Nov 2020 23:13:41 GMT /environment/2020-11-19/court-upholds-nuisance-verdicts-against-hog-production-giant A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2018 jury verdict that led to awarding monetary damages to neighbors of a North Carolina industrial hog… Thu, 19 Nov 2020 23:13:41 GMT /environment/2020-11-19/court-upholds-nuisance-verdicts-against-hog-production-giant Associated Press /law/2020-04-06/court-ruling-leaves-smithfield-agreement-intact North Carolina's attorney general can keep distributing millions of dollars paid by the world's largest pork producer as environmental grants after a… Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:03:39 GMT /law/2020-04-06/court-ruling-leaves-smithfield-agreement-intact Associated Press /environment/2018-10-26/smithfields-plan-to-address-climate-change-earns-praise-from-some-scorn-from-others A major pork producer in North Carolina will address the industry's vulnerability to climate change. The move has won praise from one environmental… Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:35:02 GMT /environment/2018-10-26/smithfields-plan-to-address-climate-change-earns-praise-from-some-scorn-from-others Rusty Jacobs /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-25/people-living-near-industrial-hog-farms-see-higher-risk-of-diseases Do large-scale hog farms make their neighbors sick? A new study from Duke University researchers show residents who live close to industrial hog farms… Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:43:27 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-25/people-living-near-industrial-hog-farms-see-higher-risk-of-diseases Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2018-09-25/people-living-near-industrial-hog-farms-see-higher-risk-of-diseases Do large-scale hog farms make their neighbors sick? A new study from Duke University researchers show residents who live close to industrial hog farms… Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:43:27 GMT /environment/2018-09-25/people-living-near-industrial-hog-farms-see-higher-risk-of-diseases Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2018-08-10/hog-nuisance-trials-get-new-judge-after-3-industry-losses The federal judge who's managing a series of North Carolina lawsuits accusing the world's largest pork company of creating nuisances for rural neighbors… Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:31:24 GMT /environment/2018-08-10/hog-nuisance-trials-get-new-judge-after-3-industry-losses Associated Press /law/2018-08-08/federal-jury-awards-more-than-470-million-to-hog-farm-neighbors-in-nuisance-suit Last week a federal jury awarded more than $470 million to six neighbors of a hog farm operation in Pender County, North Carolina following a nuisance… Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:35:30 GMT /law/2018-08-08/federal-jury-awards-more-than-470-million-to-hog-farm-neighbors-in-nuisance-suit Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-08-08/federal-jury-awards-more-than-470-million-to-hog-farm-neighbors-in-nuisance-suit Last week a federal jury awarded more than $470 million to six neighbors of a hog farm operation in Pender County, North Carolina following a nuisance… Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:35:30 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-08-08/federal-jury-awards-more-than-470-million-to-hog-farm-neighbors-in-nuisance-suit Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /law/2018-08-03/jury-tells-pork-giant-to-pay-473-5m-in-nuisance-lawsuit A federal jury decided Friday that the world's largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina industrial-scale hog… Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:14:56 GMT /law/2018-08-03/jury-tells-pork-giant-to-pay-473-5m-in-nuisance-lawsuit Associated Press /business-economy/2018-05-29/a-big-look-at-big-hog-in-north-carolina North Carolina’s pork industry has been in the spotlight since a jury awarded tens of millions to 10 people living close to one Eastern North Carolina hog… Tue, 29 May 2018 17:09:38 GMT /business-economy/2018-05-29/a-big-look-at-big-hog-in-north-carolina Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio