Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains

As soon as the skies clear after a hurricane hits eastern North Carolina, Larry Baldwin climbs in the passenger seat of a single-engine plane, usually with his friend and pilot Rick Dove, and surveys the industrialized swine farms inundated with flood water. “It’s almost indescribable. You look down and see that they’re either flooded or … Continue reading Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains