Suwannee River from its poultry processing plant in Live Oak,įlorida. In Florida alone, the company has been dumping pollution into the Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory. waterways, according to the Environmental In 2014 alone, Pilgrim’s Prideįacilities dumped more than half a million pounds of toxic Production, the company’s own processing plants dump pollutionĭirectly into our rivers and streams. In addition to millions of pounds of manure and runoff from feed Pollution in several states, including Texas, Florida, and Virginia. Pilgrim’s Pride operations and supply chain, which processes roughlyģ7 million birds per week, is responsible for significant water Out on its responsibility to stop fouling America’s waterways. Instead of cleaning its coop, today Pilgrim’s has decided to chicken In response, Environment America’s clean water programĭirector John Rumpler issued the following statement: The company’s refusal to clean up comes even as itįaces a citizens’ suit from Environment America and the local SierraĬlub chapter for dumping toxic wastewater into Florida’s Suwannee On the company to curb water pollution from its operations and
World-rejected a shareholder resolution (Proposal 6) calling Today, Pilgrim’s Pride-second-largest chicken producer in the Pilgrim’s Pride Rejects Groups’ call to curb pollution, John Rumpler, Environment America, 28 April 2017, If you see a series on manholes on the right of the dirt road as you drive, you know you are there!Įnvironment Florida is suing Pilgrim’s Pride. Duke Energy’s fence line borders the road. Off River Road turn right onto Cedar Lane and follow it down till it ends. Update : Directions from Merrillee, which seem to lead to about 30.365490, -83.191552:įor anyone that cares to take in a gander! You can see the pipe in the Suwannee River off of state owned lands.
Update : People want to know where is the Pilgrim’s Pride plant: 19740 U.S. I wondered why we hadn’t seen it when paddling past there.īecause the water level is very low now, so the pipe is exposed. This pipe was in the outflow canal from the Duke Energy power plant. The VDT interview with Randy Dowdy about Sabal Trail destroying his farmland. this video, which she showed me, along with many pictures, when she was in Valdosta for Thanks to Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson of Sierra Club for. Poultry wastes in the Suwannee River from a meat rendering facility “Pilgrim’s Pride discharges over 2 million gallons a day of liquid Pilgrim's Pride, Proud to Dump into Suwannee River? from Merrillee on Vimeo. In the watershed of the Withlacoochee River, upstream of the Suwannee. Pilgrim’s Pride just rejected a shareholder resolution toĬurb water pollution from its operations.Īnd Aviagen is opening a chicken breeding operation in Brooks County, GA, With the Suwannee River low, you can see the effluent coming out of the pipe
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