Florence damages affect NC hog farms
Yunah Kim and Abigail AbantoHollans
September 21, 2018
Hurricane Florence’s recent impact of heavy winds and rainfall on the east coast, particularly in North Carolina, has reignited discussion of the mechanisms of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation farming and the environmental impacts CAFO farms project when combined with weather events like Florence. “As...
Students get their hands dirty at the farm
Andrew Walker, Assistant Web Editor
September 15, 2017
Six years ago, Guilford College restarted its farm that had been stopped for 70 years. Led by farm manager Nick Mangili the farm produces over 10,000 pounds of organic produce every year from three acres of land and a 5,000 square foot high tunnel. The farm sustainably grows many different varieties...
Guilford develops new major
Aarushi Ahuja, Staff Writer
November 4, 2016
Guilford College may soon be growing some environmental superheroes. A group of enthusiastic students gathered in an environmental science classroom in the Frank Family Science Center on Monday, Oct. 24, to hear about an opportunity they had been waiting for since the beginning of their college careers. The...
