Millions of chickens leave tiny SC community in uproar. Giant poultry farms raise stink
By Sammy Fretwell, The State
Published: November 18, 2024, 5:43am
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Charles Blackmon, a retired bridge contractor and state constable, has been fighting for nine years to slow the growth of industrial scale chicken farms in the Mountville area of Laurens County in northwest South Carolina. This photo was taken Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Joshua Boucher/The State/TNS)Photo Gallery
MOUNTVILLE, S.C. — Through a tangle of trees separating his land from a neighbor’s, Charles Blackmon stared glumly at the cluster of chicken barns where mountains of putrid waste are generated every year.
It’s a scene he’s gotten used to, but not one he’s happy about.
On summer days, the smell of chickens and manure often drifts across his community from the farm near his property, Blackmon says.
