On Friday, The Guardian published an article titled, ‘The North Carolina hog industry’s answer to pollution: a $500m pipeline project’. Extension Agent Eve Honeycutt set out to set the record straight. “Hog farmers are part of the community. They don’t want anyone else to be affected by anything. They care about the people of their community and don’t have any incentive to do otherwise,” said Honeycutt. Hog farming is a heavily governed industry plagued with nuisance lawsuits and public perception riddled with misinformation. Without the industry, eastern North Carolina would lose a large economic support system.
