Chicken farming's impact on the Chesapeake Bay has been in the news lately. For another take on the issue, National Public Radio just did a two-part report on how the bay is being polluted by farms as well as by nearly 17 million people living in the bay watershed.
In the first piece, aired Wednesday, Eastern Shore farmer Carole Morison (shown above, in 2007) explains that she quit raising chickens last year because she believed she was polluting the bay. As a counterpoint, New York dairy farmer Bob Aman says he and other farmers are doing what they can to prevent pollution. He contends there's as much pollution coming from lawns and detergents. In the second part aired today, You can listen to it here or read it here.