Save and re-read this posting the next time you see one of those 'add bacon to everything' TV spots.
Though one plan for a 26,000 hog-feeding operation
in N. WI has been withdrawn, another - - and 26,000 hogs seems to be Iowa operators' magic number for out-sourced Wisconsin pork-raising factories - - is afoot.
And there's fresh reporting that puts it into focus:
Though one plan for a 26,000 hog-feeding operation
in N. WI has been withdrawn, another - - and 26,000 hogs seems to be Iowa operators' magic number for out-sourced Wisconsin pork-raising factories - - is afoot.
And there's fresh reporting that puts it into focus:
* So read this:
Proposed hog farm stirs up debate in northern Wisconsin
- An Iowa outfit is planning to build a $20 million large-scale farm for more than 26,000 hogs in northern Wisconsin
- The concentrated animal feeding operation would be located in the town of Trade Lake, Wis., in Burnett County near a state wildlife area and tributary of the St. Croix River.
* And then this::
Tainted Pork, Ill Consumers and an Investigation Thwarted* Oh, I forget to mention this, for added flavor:
The price of pork: Cheap meat comes at a high price for Illinois
Across Illinois, the nation's fourth-largest seller of pigs, large hog confinements have exploded in number and size. Raising pigs for slaughter in an efficient, factory-like setting, the operations help hold down the price of the most widely consumed meat in the world...
Pig waste flowing into rural waterways from leaks and spills destroyed more than 490,000 fish in 67 miles of rivers over a 10-year span.
No other industry came close to causing that amount of damage, the Tribune found. Many operators faced only minor consequences; some multimillion-dollar confinements paid small penalties while polluting repeatedly.
