Activism & Animals Active Updated Aug 29, 2026
The Loess Hills hog waste pit fight
Where it stands, Aug 29, 2026 Sentient reported that developer Hawthorn Land Holdings built a hog-waste storage pit next to a cemetery in Iowa's Loess Hills without disclosing it to the county, storing slaughterhouse waste trucked 50 miles from Seaboard Triumph Foods' Sioux City plant, which slaughters 110,000 hogs a week.
A developer built a hog-waste storage pit next to a cemetery in Iowa's Loess Hills without telling the county, storing slaughterhouse waste trucked 50 miles from a Seaboard Triumph Foods plant that kills 110,000 hogs a week. The fight is whether county officials and regulators act on the undisclosed project and what accountability Seaboard Triumph Foods faces for waste tied to its plant.
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Aug 29, 2026 Latest
Sentient reported that developer Hawthorn Land Holdings built a hog-waste storage pit next to a cemetery in Iowa's Loess Hills without disclosing it to the county, storing slaughterhouse waste trucked 50 miles from Seaboard Triumph Foods' Sioux City plant, which slaughters 110,000 hogs a week. Developer Brian Gallup said the project avoided naming Seaboard because "we didn't want Seaboard mentioned," and nearby landowner Scott Koepsell said residents had no clear answers about what was being stored near them.
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