Hog Industry in North Carolina

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The website “Goodness Grows in North Carolina: Pork Outline” by the North Carolina Pork Council covers the history of hog farming and pork production in the State. The section “Commodity History” notes that hogs were brought to the region from Europe in the 15th century. Other sections on the website are “Regional Information,” “Production,” “Packaging,” “Shipping,” “Buying,” and “Nutritional Information.”

William Durrill. “A History of Hog Farming in North Carolina,” Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill June 25, 1982

Erica Hellerstein and Ken Fine. “A million tons of feces and an unbearable stench: Life near industrial pig farms,” The Guardian

“Industry Spotlight: We’re Que’ing Up Pork Industry,” October 19, 2016

George M. Rommel. The Hog Industry: Selection, Feeding, and Management: Recent American Experimental Work: Statistics of Production and Trade. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, 1904

All websites accessed July 26, 2021