‘It’s nasty’: One man’s fight against North Carolina’s hog industry

‘It’s nasty’: One man’s fight against North Carolina’s hog industry

By Will Atwater Within months of buying his Whiteville home in 2019, Larry Sparrow discovered what it meant to live across the road from a hog farm. One particular incident signaled the struggle ahead. “I was in my backyard, and boy, [the stench] about ripped my toenails straight off!” he said. From that moment on, Sparrow realized that it was going to be a challenge. “The first [odor] encounter — that’s what forced me to start doing the documen…