The Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, just a mile from downtown, offers hiking trails that lead to the highest point ...

From vinegar tang to ketchup blends, here are North Carolina BBQ styles that outsiders always mix up—and why these regional ...

California, says the leader of the USDA and a North Carolina congressman, has the right to enforce its Proposition 12.

Justice & Health Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains Now that hurricane season has arrived, hundreds of waste lagoons could be flooded ...

Poultry farms now dot most of North Carolina. The smallest farms raise about 20,000 chickens at a time. The largest: more than 1.5 million. This map, built from two datasets and verified with ...

Several hog farms in North Carolina were properly allowed to collect energy from the animals' waste, a state appeals court said Tuesday, ruling that their permit applications were scrutinized ...

There are 1,916 farms with some kind of hog operation on their property, 114 with a cattle operation and eight with a wet poultry facility, according to DEQ. Environmental justice An environmental ...

Agriculture A North Carolina Wetland Continues to Suffer as Farm with Massive Hog Waste Spill Nets New Violations A year after a collapsed digester caused nearly a million gallons of hog waste to ...

The Washington, D.C.-based organization said map data show that more than 150 of North Carolina's 7,352 hog and poultry farms are in or near floodplains, and are in danger of being inundated.

CLARKTON, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina officials say they are investigating after tens of thousands of gallons of hog lagoon waste spilled because of a pipe failure. The incident was reported ...

Each year, North Carolina farmers raise more than 500 million chickens and turkeys, compared to 9 million hogs. The exact number of industrial-scale poultry farms is hard to pin down because there ...