PORK PRODUCTION

News and Information

• PigTales Newsletter
• Pork Topic Hub
• Center for Rural Affairs Newsletter
• Progress Energy Carolinas, GreenCo Solutions to pursue swine waste-to-energy projects - Oct. 15, 2008
• EPA Helps Farmers Turn Livestock Waste Into Wealth - EPA, Jan. 18, 2007
• NC Producer Wins National Award - The Porkline, Sept. 15, 2006
• Hog waste trials funded; Grant may lead to useful byproducts - Wade Rollins, The News & Observer, June 29, 2006
• EPA's National Strategy for Agriculture - April 25, 2006
• Airing Out Environmental Directives, Jane Messenger and Marlys Miller, Pork Magazine, April 1, 2006
• Development of Environmentally Superior Technologies: Phase 3 Report for Technology Determinations per Agreements Between the Attorney General of North Carolina and Smithfield Foods, Premium Standard Farms, and Frontline Farmers - March 8, 2006
• Environmental Management Systems—Good Business for Pork Producers - Jon Scholl, Counselor to the EPA Administrator for Agricultural Policy
• Environmental Agency Unveils Tools Developed to Assist Pork Producers in Managing Environmental Activities - PDF
• Pollution Prevention Agency Awards Grants to Assist State Pork Producers in Managing Environmental Activities – 9/2001 PDF
• Pollution Prevention Agency Receives Funding to Assist Pork Producers in Managing Environmental Activities – 5/2001 PDF
• Smithfield and Premium Standard Agreements
       Premium Standard – Press Release 10/2000
       Smithfield Foods Inc.- Press Release, Full Agreement
        7/2000
• Presentations
  • Environmental Stewardship Initiative Overview - Norma Murphy
  • EPA-OCEA Pork Grant Project Overview - Jamie Ragan
  • Development of Environmentally Superior Technologies - Dr. C.M. Williams
• Alternative Technologies Agreement