This week, Lizzie, Jocabed and I went to a panel in Durham put on by the non-profit, Farm Sanctuary. The panel was hosted by Indy Week publications and featured several experts on factory farming in North Carolina. Our goal for attending this panel was to make contact with Elsie Herring, a NC resident who has been an outspoken activist against the CAFO industry for many years. However, during the panel, we decided we wanted more than just Elsie. We also approached Rick Dove, of the Water Keeper alliance. I made this contact (I forgot to write this in my crew evals for myself) which I was proud of. He agreed to take me up in a small plane to get aerial footage of CAFOs in NC. We also made contact with a former Tyson hog farmer who is now actively working against the industry to expose the harm is does to people, animals and the environment. It was a very successful trip, and we have a lot of work coming up with scheduling these interviews and the flight
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