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organic1 ago

That's a shame they're allowed to exist there. Smithfield Foods is a huge company, so I can imagine how protected they are. Do you know what year they established themselves there? If it was long ago, many environmental groups weren't organized enough to fight them, so it was easy for them to set up shop without much resistance. Now today, I'm sure they're pretty darned connected and thus protected. I wouldn't want to live anywhere near that place. As more and more people give up eating meat either due to their beliefs about animal sufferage or because they aren't sure as to what kind of meat they're eating, business such as Smithfield will become weak. People are already realizing how damaging slaughter houses are for the environment.