Feeding the Beast

How lax regulation and corporate influence made the heavily polluting American meat industry nearly untouchable

Amid Iowa’s Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting

More than a decade after the EPA found that Iowa wasn’t cracking down on polluting factory farms, the state continues to hedge on enforcement.

Story by Anika Jane Beamer, photos by Zach Spindler-Krage

How North Carolina Wasted the Chance To Fix Hog Pollution

By Lisa Sorg

A Very American Invention, Pushed to an Extreme

By Georgina Gustin

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