I couldn't find an good existing thread for this.
but here is some good news!
www.theguardian.com
but here is some good news!
US judge condemns ‘appalling conditions’ on industrial farms
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‘Suffocating closeness’: US judge condemns ‘appalling conditions’ on industrial farms
Pork giant Smithfield has settled with North Carolina residents who sued over stench, flies and truck traffic from Kinlaw Farms
A US judge has issued a blistering condemnation of industrial farming practices. The judgment comes as one US meat giant finally settles after a six-year legal battle with plaintiffs who sued the company over the stench, flies, buzzards and truck traffic coming from its industrial swine farms in North Carolina.
.... the recognition that treating animals better will benefit humans. What was neglected is that animal welfare and human welfare, far from advancing at cross-purposes, are actually integrally connected.
Juries in 2018 and 2019 had awarded hog farm neighbors almost $550m. The US district court in Raleigh, North Carolina, knocked the awards down to about $98m because of a state law capping punitive damages.
This situation was covered in a documentary. But I can't remember which one. Can anyone remember which one it was.