North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for its Industrialized Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well.

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By By Lisa SorgMar 9, 2026, 5:00 am90 ptsTrending
Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. By Lisa Sorg ROWLAND, N.C.—Brenda Schwab stopped her 16-year-old Ford pickup truck on Gaddy’s Mill…

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