They had a nice place in the country - until hundreds of thousands of chickens moved in next door

On their 600-acre East Texas ranch near Tyler, Larry and Sandra James believed they were creating paradise.
Sandra, a retired professor and business school dean, and Larry, a retired telecom CEO, enjoyed their herd of rescued horses, and doted on their longhorns. Their favorite is a longhorn they call Baby.
They say their peaceful country life was upended in the spring of 2019.
“Out of nowhere, this beautiful paradise that we were creating suddenly became enveloped in clouds of stench,” Sandra said. “You’d be walking across the dam and suddenly the air would get heavy and you’d be hit by a smell that was unlike anything we’d ever smelled before.”
Sandra at first believed an animal had died.
“We thought there was a dead hog, or somewhere very close to us there had to be a dead body,” she said.
They soon learned that 16 chicken barns containing several hundred thousand birds had been built months earlier, less than a mile from their ranch. With the nauseous odors came swarms of flies.
“They put these chicken houses in the middle of a residential community,” Larry James said. “It’s not right.”
The chickens belonged to Sanderson Farms, the nation’s third largest poultry producer. The buildings and land belonged to farmers that Sanderson had contracted with to grow the chickens.
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[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

welcome to the country.

[@SURENITY]

Only 1 year? This is unconstitutional. Human well-being is not less important than corporate greed!

[@misslarry8505]

I have to protect myself. I so sorry for my neighbor.

[@Perseverance777]

Go vegetarian or vegan! There will be no killing in Heaven!

[@SURENITY]

Have stricter environmental standards! As well as stricter sanitation standards. Do not allow corporations to ruin the World.

[@navk4960]

they eat alltime chickens and they don't want chickens in 1mile radius how insane

[@yuppers1]

Not to mention the torture they're putting the animals through in those buildings. Industrial animal farming is disgusting. If you feel you must eat chicken or eggs, buy pasture-raised (free range can mean anything, and cage free is barely better than what you're seeing here.) If you eat meat less often it's affordable to eat with less cruelty.

[@SURENITY]

Indeed.

[@leekshikapinnamneni4835]

Amen

[@vincejamison8078]

Chicken farms do stink badly. So do dairy farms. It doesn't seem fair that someone/corporation can pollute the air so close to others, specially in high population areas. I understand people eat and processing needs to be close to farms but there's got to be answer.

[@SURENITY]

Have stricter environmental standards! As well as stricter sanitation standards. Do not allow corporations to ruin the World.

[@TRIPLEDIGITS]

If he was the CEO of a company, he wasn't HARD WORKING!!!!

[@joyaustin6581]

People would starve without farmers. Farmers should go on strike.

[@TheAzaazaaz]

Fr

[@RaEl-xh3pl]

I support small farmers mom and pop style not corporate giant farmers

[@lynettedundon1410]

Why would they put the farm in a residential community? Makes me want to go all plant based, and I like chicken to. This just seems like bad farming practice. Too many birds. Composting dead chickens just stinks.

[@zacharyromeri396]

Hey I’m employed by Sanderson farms I need this job to survive so shhhhh please

[@gafgradingllc5424]

Yall have ti grow up its the smell of money I work on one you just got to get used to it

[@bradbacak6776]

Working on one and living next to one is different. You probably dont even own property so you wouldnt know

[@SURENITY]

This is absolutely disgusting.

[@mapsr1774]

GRAND CHILDREN,,SO WHAT

[@FreeAmerican-mm2my]

Time for you to sell and move back to the city.

[@alfredonealii336]

I wish it was somewhere on this earth that wasn't full of BS this is just shameful greed is just pitiful.

[@PippiLong1]

My stomach dropped .....

[@RaEl-xh3pl]

In Gainesville Ga chicken capital of the world the stench of death is horrible.

[@cyelgreen4655]

They should force these owners and their supporters to live in the vicinity of the "chicken barns". Go vegan!!!

[@JosephDungee]

Sanderson Farm is the NASTIEST Chicken I have ever eaten. It taste like Medicine and gives you a weird dizzy feeling after eating Sanderson Farm Chicken. Now I know why. I just threw 3 pounds of that nasty mess and will NOT ever eat a Sanderson Farm Chicken

[@evelynrogers7145]

I lived in TN . Near a commercial chicken farm. Awful. Smell sickening

[@magaacreyes]

Consumerism effects

[@loristewart800]

This is so disgusting!

[@florforever1]

Stop buying their products though I know I dont

[@tutnetam]

Commercial farming must be CLOSED COMPLETELY!

[@janetblack905]

But wait! This is Texas! Isn't it all about no business regulations and to heck with the environment? Putting this chicken farm in the middle of a residential area seems like it would be just fine in Texas. Sorry. 🤢

[@cyelgreen4655]

It would be a shame if all of the birds would disappear and there vehicles became divinely disabled.

[@angham3829]

🙏Pray for happy chickens on happy farms. 🐔🥚