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Raising a stink : the struggle over factory hog farms in Nebraska /

"In Nebraska, as in many states across the nation, factory farms housing tens of thousands of hogs have altered the physical, cultural, and economic landscape, and have generated complex and deeply divisive conflicts among family farmers, environmentalists, agri-businesses, and elected official...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnsen, Carolyn, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2003.
Series:Our sustainable future ; v. 15.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. If economics rule
  • 2. Hog-wild to expand
  • 3. Rile dup
  • 4. Home rule
  • 5. The legislature weighs in
  • 6. Hog Hiltons and initiative 300
  • 7. A tale of two counties
  • 8. The marshal comes to Dodge
  • 9. Pork tenderloin at the Capitol
  • 10. Another pass at the legislature
  • 11. Building on sand
  • 12. The smell of money
  • 13. To make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
  • Notes
  • Index.