http://www.factoryfarmmap.org/

It's North Carolina, of course there is

Kind of a cool map thingy.

Quote :

"The more than 12 million broiler chickens on factory farms in Wilkes County, North Carolina produce as much untreated manure as the sewage from the Riverside, California metro area."

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 4:55 PM. Reason : a]

11/30/2010 4:53:07 PM

I don't want my food being coddled.

11/30/2010 4:58:29 PM

site is slow as hell

i can get an 8 piece chicken nuggets at Chick-fil-A faster than that site comes up

11/30/2010 4:59:58 PM

how do you propose we provide the grocery stores and restaurants with chicken, pork, or beef that is affordable without something of this nature?

11/30/2010 5:10:10 PM

damn now i want some ChikFilA

11/30/2010 5:11:04 PM

the Riverside, California area... what an odd comparison. That would be like being in California and using a "the Wilmington, NC area" comparison

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 5:14 PM. Reason : d]

11/30/2010 5:14:25 PM

It's more likely than you think

11/30/2010 5:21:10 PM

^^ Yeah something tells me the creator of this map is from California

Quote :

"how do you propose we provide the grocery stores and restaurants with chicken, pork, or beef that is affordable without something of this nature?"

Personally I don't mind paying more money for meat that didn't wallow in its own feces and contaminate its surroundings during its short life. After working at a factory farm for awhile it just makes me thinking about it.

11/30/2010 5:31:10 PM

And most of that manure gets scattered on fields where they grow more stuff for you

11/30/2010 5:31:12 PM

Nothing like the smell of 50 acres of freshly spread manure

11/30/2010 5:33:00 PM

If it doesn't make it into the waterways or into your processed meat first Y'all don't remember the epic hog waste spills of the 90s?

I will say, NC seems to have gotten their shit together a lot more than other states since then.

11/30/2010 5:33:47 PM

^^to me it smell like money to me

<--proud grandson of a commercial chicken farmer

11/30/2010 5:42:38 PM

Quote :

"Personally I don't mind paying more money for meat that didn't wallow in its own feces and contaminate its surroundings during its short life"

so what you're saying is you only eat beef?

11/30/2010 5:48:20 PM

I don't give a fuck. I love cheap, good tasting food.

11/30/2010 5:51:15 PM

I like for my bacon to already be tenderized by all the other pigs they stacked in the same pen.

11/30/2010 5:52:57 PM

^^^ Beef and poultry mostly. If I buy pork I usually get it from Well's. They got some happy piggies on that farm

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11/30/2010 5:54:03 PM

So it's a farm and slaughterhouse all in one?

11/30/2010 6:07:11 PM

Would you be willing to pay double or triple for chicken if it meant more "humane" conditions in raising them? Or would you rather people go back to raising their own hogs and chickens for their consumption?

11/30/2010 6:08:13 PM

Option 2 would be awesome

11/30/2010 6:14:37 PM

i'm fine with option 1 and 2. i don't mind paying for more humane conditions which typically means healthier, less processed (hormone injected) meat. but i also am down for people raising their own chickens and pigs for their own consumption.

its whatev, really. i'm all for both.

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 6:19 PM. Reason : .]

11/30/2010 6:18:54 PM

^ Same. If I had the resources I would happily raise my own meat.

There's a guy down the street from my parents that raises chickens and sells the eggs whenever he has extra. Best tasting eggs in all of Wake County imo.

My grandma raises chickens that lay greenish-blue eggs

12/1/2010 9:58:45 AM

There's quite the strong smell from the chicken houses all around the outskirts of wilkesboro, and quite a few chicken processing plants in the city. Chicken is probably the largest source of jobs in that area...That or Lowes

12/1/2010 10:36:04 AM