Smithfield Packing Company

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Located in Tar Heel, NC on Highway 87, the Smithfield Packing Company is capable of slaughtering an estimated 32,000 pigs a day. It is the largest slaughterhouse in the world. There are a few facilities within a few miles of each other, so I decided to show the satellite map. I can't imagine the smell. I'm on a hunt looking for slaughterhouses right now. They have an enormous ecological and environmental impact. It may provide jobs, but it fuels a disgusting and an unnecessary industry. The length of the Wikipedia page on the company is weird too.

I've also added a full map of the trip at the foot of this here blog.