The former North Carolina senator told audiences that he would push for a national moratorium on building or expanding livestock confinement facilities. He also said he would push for tougher federal environmental regulations and for rigorous enforcement of current manure disposal laws.

One of the oft-neglected aspects of factory farming is the environmental degradation it gives rise to, and the diminishing quality of life it results in for those who have to live around it.

Via Neil the “Ethical Werewolf” @ Ezra Klein’s blog.