Friday, July 12, 2013

Pig Barn Complete with Food Court and Lounging Area



Doug McClure:  "Inside this barn here, you're looking at a thousand pigs roaming from end to end in this barn."

Pig Farmers Face Pressure on the Size of the Sty. (The New York Times,10/5/2012)

Excerpt:    This year, however, Mr. Dittmer and fellow hog farmers are under increasing pressure from corporate pork buyers and animal rights groups to return to the old way of doing things: putting sows in group housing.

Which appears to be what McClure Farms does.

Related post:
Pigs in cages, with a side of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea, for your delectation.  (7/11/2013)





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