Pig poop lagoon

Future Perfect by Vox Media Podcast Network

Sep 16, 202029:21Society & Culture

North Carolina is home to around 9 million pigs. Many of those pigs live in big factory farms, and all of those pigs produce a lot of waste. On these factory farms, that waste is collected in big outdoor lagoons, and the...

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