“The world eats cheap bacon at the expense of North Carolina’s rural poor.” 

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In a recent article by QZ (the video above comes from the same investigation), they explore the negative impacts of the pork industry.  People love their bacon memes, but forget about social and environmental impacts of an increased global trend towards higher pork consumption. 


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