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Hog Wild: Canada's Pork Industry
From back bacon to smoked ham, Canada exports over $2 billion of pork, making us one of the world's top exporters. But what's good for the economy hasn't been good to the environment. The problem is manure. Canada's 15 million pigs produce enough waste to fill Toronto's SkyDome every 22 days. It's a festering problem that has residents, farmers, environmentalists, government officials and members of the pork industry up in arms.

	Try pork on your fork		Family farms vs. factory farms		Living with pigs
	Manitoba government bets its future on the booming hog industry. (TV; runs 9:32)		Pig manure pits traditional farmers against big barn operators. (TV; runs 9:46)		Residents worry about the impact of large hog barns on their quality of life. (Radio; runs 2:31)

	Manure under the microscope		Quebec opts for better pig farming		The smell of pig is the smell of money
	Scientists look into health and environmental effects of hog waste. (Radio; runs 4:51)		The province is first to place strict guidelines on raising hogs. (TV; runs 4:30)		Are provincial governments too friendly with the pork industry? (TV; runs 8:21)

	Not in our back yard!
	The town of Foremost, Alberta, successfully battles a pig giant. (TV; runs 14:08)

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