CAFOs & Communities

CAFO's & Communities explores the impact of the hog industry on Eastern North Carolina. Shoresides talks to community members, farmers, lawyers, advocates, activists', scientists and scholars about how concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO's) have shaped people's lives and health in the coastal region.

Hosted ByDedan Waciuri

All Episodes

The Environmental Impacts of CAFOs

“We began to see the fish show up in the river with sores all over their body. And my son and I started to get the sores on our...

Industrial Hog Operations And The People Who Run Them

Contract growers and community members who speak out against the hog industry in eastern North Carolina rarely see themselves as members of the same team – but they have...

A Brief History of Eastern North Carolina’s Hog Industry

How did we get from small farms, like the one in Charlotte’s Web, to factory farms? In this episode of CAFO’s & Communities, we explore the history and politics...

The Communities

“We were just sitting on the porch like normal on a beautiful Saturday. And then we heard this tractor, and then all of a sudden this animal waste was...