Hog Waste In North Carolina

Food Waste is a major issue in the United States. It takes up much needed room in landfills, it is a financial burden, and it contributes to the rise in hunger.

Furthermore, factory farms pollute drinking water sources. Manure and fertilizers are rich in nitrates and phosphates, which are very unhealthy for living things. They pollute groundwater sources by seeping in through lagoons of waste sewage that factory farms create. Lagoons of animal feces and spent fertilizers are a very cheap way of dealing with waste (NRDC). The chemicals travel through the soil to groundwater that the local communities depend on. Ingesting nitrate tainted water will lower the amount of oxygen a person can intake. This can lead to death for infants. Some of the pollutants can reach open waters if they are carried by rain or irrigation water, called runoff. Runoff pollutes ponds, lakes, oceans, and other open bodies of water. Polluted waters with high levels of nitrates kill fish, aquatic plants, and other aquatic organisms because they experience the same problems with oxygen intake. High levels of phosphorus in our waters cause algae blooms in open bodies of water. Algae blooms disrupt the ecosystem in the water and kill the organisms living in the water. They use up all the oxygen in

In the article America’s Food Crisis and how to fix it by Bryan Walsh it talks about how people are packing in animals into confined pens with a bunch of other animals of its kind. All the animals are dosed with antibiotics to keep from getting sick. The article explains that the waste that the animals produce on the factory farms gets disposed into open air lagoons and how it can contaminate nearby streams and creeks.

These manure lagoons can also be dangerous to the surrounding communities as well. Walsh writes, “Most hog waste is disposed of

Teitz explains that the pig waste is not only toxic to humans, but other creatures as well. Over 4 million fish died in 2003 as a result of pig-waste runoff, but Teitz claims that spills are a minor problem in comparison to Pfiesteria piscicida, which is a microbe that has killed a billion fish and left dozens of fishermen delusional and damaged their brains and lungs after breathing in the filthy air.

Animal waste contains many harmful zoonotic pathogens that can be passed on to humans from ingesting contaminated food and drinking water (Gunderson, 2015, p.103). Wastes from CAFOs channel from “hog houses into pits or lagoons, where it is stored untreated until it is applied to the land (Nicole, 2013, p.186). The lagoons may overflow and the untreated waste will spill into waterways (Nicole, 2013, p.186). One of the most dangerous pathogens of CAFOs is Escherichia coli (E. coli) (Gunderson, p.103). The bacteria may cause bloody diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, seizures, comas, high blood pressure, severe kidney damage, and death (Gunderson, 2015,

“Feral hogs are estimated to be 4-5 million in the nation and 1.5 million in Texas.” Douglas While many hunters and sportsman might like hogs as part of their land leases, and Animal advocate groups would say that feral hogs have the right to populate, breath, and live freely, but they do not take into account all the damage they cause. The United States has a large population of feral hogs, which if left unchecked will destroy natural habitats beyond repair, will cost ranchers money and livestock, and hurt the environment for other wildlife.

Before we can talk about how animal agriculture waste shapes our environment, we must first know exactly what it is and how much of it there is.

There are billions of people struggling every day to have enough to eat, and billions of tons of food being tossed in the garbage, food waste is gaining increasing awareness as a serious environmental and economic issue. Research shows that about 60 million metric tons of food is wasted a year in the United States, with an estimated value of $162 billion. About 32 million tons of it end up in landfills, at a cost of about $1.5 billion a year to local government this economic crisis is worldwide! My research estimates that a third of all the food produced in the world is never consumed, and the total cost of that food waste could be as high as $400 billion a year. The food discarded by retailers and consumers in the most developed countries would be more than enough to feed all of the world’s hungry people, but it is not just those countries that have problems with food waste, it is also an issue in African countries like South Africa. The problem is expected to grow worse as the world’s population increases, unless actions are taken to reduce the waste. Food waste is not only a social cost, but it contributes to growing environmental problems like global warming, experts say, with the production of food consuming vast quantities of water, fertilizer and land. The fuel that is burned to process, refrigerate and transport it also adds to the environmental cost. Most food waste is thrown away in landfills, where it decomposes and emits methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Animal husbandry is an incredibly resource intensive process. As the world’s population continues to increase the demand for animal meat and animal bi-products will too. This raises concerns and especially in the United States, one of the world highest concentration for animal husbandry and agribusiness. The focus of this investigation is to determine whether animal husbandry in Texas is sustainable in relation to fresh water use bio-contamination issues.

The hog slaughtering plant located in Brendon, Manitoba has the capacity to slaughter 2.5 million hogs per year, around 50,000 per week and 10,000 per day. Hogs arrive at the slaughter plant from all over Manitoba and certain parts of Saskatchewan by trucks. Every farm is located within a different distance from the slaughter facility and delivery lead times vary from as low as half an hour to as high as three and a half hours.

Runoff from the farm could pollute Lake Superior -- a key source of drinking water for the neighboring city of Ashland. The city's water security is already strained by beach bacteria. Residents shouldn't be inconvenienced by the stench of pig waste that can also make them sick.

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (2008), industrial livestock operations produce over 300 million tons of wastewater per year. Although there are

There are billions of people struggling every day to have enough to eat, and billions of tons of food being tossed in the garbage, food waste is gaining increasing awareness as a serious environmental and economic issue. Research shows that about 60 million metric tons of food is wasted a year in the United States, with an estimated value of $162 billion. About 32 million tons of it end up in landfills, at a cost of about $1.5 billion a year to local government this economic crisis is worldwide! My research estimates that a third of all the food produced in the world is never consumed, and the total cost of that food waste could be as high as $400 billion a year. The food discarded by retailers and consumers in the most developed countries would be more than enough to feed all of the world’s hungry people, but it is not just those countries that have problems with food waste, it is also an issue in African countries like South Africa. The problem is expected to grow worse as the world’s population increases, unless actions are taken to reduce the waste. Food waste is not only a social cost, but it contributes to growing environmental problems like global warming, experts say, with the production of food consuming vast quantities of water, fertilizer and land. The fuel that is burned to process, refrigerate and transport it also adds to the environmental cost. Most food waste is thrown away in landfills, where it decomposes and emits methane, a potent

There are countless issues that pose danger to the environmental health of the Earth, but one of the most often overlooked problems is food waste. Food waste contributes to droughts as well as other serious economic and climate ramifications. However, there are many things that can be done to resolve this pressing issue.