3 collections related to Swine -- North Carolina

The Graduate Student Oral Histories on North Carolina Hog Farming include audio files of interviews with farmers, neighbors nearby the farms, and environmentalists about hog farming in Eastern North Carolina. These oral histories were produced for HI 533 Theory and Practice of Oral History, taught by Dr. Gwynn Thayer. The class was held in spring of 2023 and the interviews date to April and May 2023. The purpose of the Graduate Student Oral Histories on North Carolina Hog Farming was to analyze and consider different perspectives regarding hog farming in Eastern North Carolina. These oral histories capture the debate over whether different techniques for treating hog waste are acceptable to the environment and to public health. Farmers of hog farms, neighbors of these farms, and members of the Waterkeeper Alliance were interviewed. Less

The North Carolina State University, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Audiovisual Materials contains video formats such as U-matic, Betacam SP, VHS, and DVD. There are audiocassettes and film reels as well. Topics covered include poultry science, horticulture, gardening, food science, animal husbandry, and agriculture. A subseries of North Carolina Cooperative Extension materials is also included. The North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences "discovers, develops, teaches, and applies knowledge and technology that enable students, clientele, and citizens of North Carolina and others to improve the quality of their lives and to enhance the agricultural, economic, environmental, and social well being of the state and world and to create and extend new knowledge through scientific research and extension in agriculture and the life sciences." For many years, CALS Communication served as one of the primary outreach units for the University. It was subsumed into University Communications in 2013. Less