Industrial farming States

Lobao, L. (1999), Industrialized Farming and its Relationship to Community Well-being (a report for the State of South Dakota, Office of the Attorney-General), p. 27. 

Sandstone. Sandstone wheels were once quarried extensively for farm and industrial use, and special grades of stone for precision honing, sharpening, and lapping are a small but important portion of today s abrasive industry. Production of honing and sharpening stones from deposits of dense, fine grain sandstone in Arkansas account for 76% of the value (about 2 million in 1987) and 88% of the total quantity of such stones in the United States (4). 

While opium is illegal in most countries in the world, including the United States, there are many lawful farming operations. These farms produce the products used by the pharmaceutical industry to make a variety of medications. While only an estimated 15 percent of all opium poppy farming is directed toward legal ends, the chemical substances produced are very important and include... 

A third example [28] involved a Superfund site. Octolig was used in a bench test of material from the Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund site, a 30-acre parcel in the village of Farm-ingdale, Nassau County, New York state. At this location. Republic Aviation produced military aircraft for the US government from the late 1930s until the 1960s. Operations involved... 

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