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LIVESTOCK FARMS GET BIG
Frank Baffi's barn in southern Michigan (photo by Mark Brush)
Today, we continue our series on pollution in the heartland. There are fewer farmers raising pigs, cows and chickens these days. But the amount of meat being produced in the U.S. continues to increase. So livestock farms haven't exactly disappeared. They've just gotten bigger. In the third part of our week-long series, the GLRC's Mark Brush reports these big operations have kept food costs down, but those cheap prices come with consequences:
Farm and agricultural statistics
A related article from The Dayton Daily News
A related story from The Detroit News
Producer: Mark Brush
Release Date: July 31, 2006
Running Time: 4:19