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This little piggy went to market … and everything changed - The Fern

01 Aug 2018 4:09 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

The Fern


This little piggy went to market … and everything changed

















A former contract hog farmer reflects on what industrial 























production has done to his rural Arkansas community



By Johnny Carrol SainAugust 1, 2018

Photography by Liz Chrisman 


Arkansas Highway 155 branches of Arkansas 7 just south of Dardanelle. The flat, two-lane features a couple of curves and long, straight stretches with cattle pasture and cropland on both sides. Just a couple of miles east of the intersection sits Balloun Farms. If the wind is right and your windows are down, you’ll instantly know that Balloun Farms grows hogs, even though you can’t see a hog anywhere. There’s no mistaking the distinct odor of hogs.


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