There is a new business venture happening in Big Sandy Tennessee. HogWood Farms!
According to their new website :

http://www.hogwoodfarms.com/

This should bring jobs to the county and increase the property values of the neighborhood!
Benton County should feel very fortunate to be getting this new business.......

02/08/11 - Benton County
"Beef" Over Pig Farm
By: Alisha Searl
asearl@wbbjtv.com
7:03 p.m.
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A Benton County hog farm is turning more heads than profit these days.

Neighbors to the Big Sandy farm say the owner of the hogs is causing serious problems for the community.

And a recent lawsuit and the arrest of some neighbors is proof no one is taking this situation lightly.

The owner of the hog farm, Charles Bunch, says his idea of starting a hog farm came after his recent business endeavor, a bar, failed.

Now, he says, he is trying to make ends meet.

One man's hog heaven is another man's hog Hades, or so, says, Scott Taylor.

Taylor, adds, "The biggest problem from this is that its prevented us from enjoying our property. We can't open our windows, we would like to move, but whose going to buy this property with this hog pen."

Taylor lives about a dozen steps from Bunch's hog pen, and he says it is causing more than a stink for him and his girlfriend, it is causing health problems.

Ilene Cardello, Taylor's girlfriend, says, "My breathing, I just had another lung infection and Mr. Bunch knows that these infections could kill me."

But infection or not, Bunch says he is just exercising his right to farm six pigs on his 80-acre property.

Bunch, adds, "There are government agencies that oversee any problems regarding bacteria and if we cross those lines, then we would certainly be in compliance, but until there is actually a violation, this is harassment."

Now the county does not have zoning regulations or noise ordinances, so Bunch is not breaking those laws.

Mayor Barnett says he cannot comment because a lawsuit between Bunch and yet another neighbor, over the issue, was dismissed, but may be tried again.

Mayor Barnett, adds, "No, I'm not going to comment on whether its lawful or not. I'm going to let the judge decide."

Taylor was recently arrested for harassment. According to reports, he said he wanted to kill the pigs and their owners.

Taylor is due back in court next month.

Yep. You pretty much said it.

Bunch and crew have the right to have pigs on his wifes land, but just so we all understand what were talking about ---- this is the porch view from the neighbors house. The trellis is the front walkway of the neighbors house. The pigs are to the left of the second picture.




The rest of the 80 acres is wiiiiiddddeeeee open...

I have to agree with KIPT,, you would think that with 80 acres he could have put the pig pen somewhere else. It sounds like he is harassing the neighbors, but I'm not the judge.
why would someone come into a small community and put a pig pen in front of the neighbors house, this don't make good sense.

What a stupid post. Everybody knows why Bunch put the pigs where he did, to annoy the neighbors who called the law about the noise from the bar. Bunch is not only annoying the neighbors, he is not being fair to the pigs. He has eighty acres and the pigs only have this tiny pen to live in. How is that justifiable?

In fact, SaintT, 6 of your last 10 comments on here have been about me, directly.

Ahhhhhhh KIPT now you can get the real "Rest of the Story"





THE REST OF THE STORY - PAUL HARVY (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009)

All it took was 6 pigs, a handfull of corrupt Commissioners using a couple of patsy neighbors, and some TV Press to put Benton County on the map as the Joke of the State. A SIX PIG "Hog Farm?" Who in their right mind would have thought a County in Tennessee, the Land of Agriculture and Farming, would dig itself into the "Hog Waller" of a Big Sandy landowner having 6 SIX, yes that's Six with a capital S, - 6 Six pigs on an 80+ Acre property.

A little known fact, but highly relevant is that in the mid 1970's this same property was also used as a hog farm and for other farming uses. The Tennessee Right to Farm Act" Expressly forbids Counties from interfering with farming operations, or creating zoning laws prohibiting it. The County Commissioners and neighbors know it, yet are seeking compliance thru intimidation, using a Beer Permit as leverage, and threats to kill the pigs and their owner.

Question? If Taylor does go off the deep end, and harms the animals or owner as he has threatened, and been arrested for, isn't the County Commissioners who have conspired with Taylor criminally neglegent and the County liable for pushing the issue beyond it's legal boundries?

Sadly, with all the financial worries facing government bodies Counties, State, and Nationwide, some County Commissioners in Benton County have SIX Pigs as their number one priority.

This site, and this story will be available during the next election so voters see what priorities their elected officials find most important in Benton County.

6 Little Piggies News Story

The news story incorrectly states the pig pen is only about a dozen steps from the Taylor petting zoo. It is in fact over 200 Feet, across a private road, and on property where the prevailing winds move any odors away from the house. It is about 30 feet from the Burns shack, but then again Burns lives in Covington, so you could say it's MILES from her house. She spends her tax dollars in Covington then comes here for a weekend to harass a neighborhood business every couple of months. Good for the County? How much beer tax revenue has she cost Benton County? She dosen't care, Covington is her home!

If people knew half the facts they think they know about this, they'd still only have half the real story. But they keep guessing, speculating, spreading rummors, attacking a business that benefited the County, benefited the patrons, benefited a couple of people with children who the business helped put food on their table. There's a lot more to the story than 6 little Piggies.


What the Toxic Zoo Keeper neighbors Taylor and Cardello, living over 200 feet away from the pigs did not report to the news is the fact that they live in a house with 3 - THREE Large English Sheep Dogs who share the house with 2 Large Cockatoo Birds next to the bedroom where Taylor and Cardello sleep. So while the puffing on an inhaler on TV made good theater for a soap opera drama, look first inside for the problem, then blame others.

The Health Effects of Cockatoo Dander link: "Dander is the next important consideration prior to bringing a cockatoo into your family. If a family member has asthma,emphysema or allergies you will want to reconsider having a cockatoo (cockatiels also fall into this category). The amount of dander produced can cause serious problems for a human inflicted with either of the previously mentioned medical conditions."But add to that, their bedroom was illegally built over a Septic Tank. YES FOLKS that's right, their bedroom covers a Septic Tank.

The history of the house they live in is even more appalling. The Watsons who owned the house prior to Taylor also had THREE dogs, including a Hybrid-Wolf. The Watsons were usually so drugged out, they rarely let the animals out to relieve themselves. The Wolf, from laying in his own feces and urine, mixed with the other two dogs feces and urine, began getting huge puss oozing sores, hair falling out, and along with the other two dogs eventually saturated the carpets into the subflooring with urine and bacteria spreading filth. The wolf was too large (over 100 lbs.) and too ill to make the trip to Florida and was euthanized after the Watsons left. Professionals could not kill the smell when the Watsons fled back to Florida. Neighbors who helped the comatose Watsons pack some belongings to leave had to take turns entering the house, doing a little work, then going outside to breath. The odor and ammonia was overpowering. Even though Taylor replaced the carpet and painted Kilz on the subfloors, the oozing runnoff had seeped thru the joints into the floor joists. With the damp humid crawlspace under the house, there's still a huge possibility of toxic mold and other organisms growing under the house and within the subfloor. You can still smell the old odor of a decaying dog kennel when you enter the house. Taylor brings his girlfriend down from Illinois, to Benton County where there's one of the highest levels of mold and pollen counts in the State, with pre-existing breathing problems, into a risky environment with a history of animal bacteria impregnated into the structure, then replenishes the house with THREE Dogs and adds TWO Large Birds, creating even more health hazards, and remains living there knowing Sewer Gas is right below their bed.

And the 6 pigs, 200 feet away are the problem? What are the effects of exposure to sewer gas? In fact, the Health and Safety risks coming from the Taylor house, next door to the Burns shack is a genuine issue, much worse than the pigs. Methane gas building up under the Taylor house could cause an explosion, their gas fired heating furnace is less than 3 feet from the bedroom. Pilot light and furnace as an ignition source, methane gas from the septic tank trapped under the house, and KABLOOIE. And then there's the rain runoff of dog feces and urine in Taylors yard that can contaminate both the Burns residence, and the spring fed pond on the Bunch land. The air quality from the Taylor house is poor and airborn pollutants blow directly at Burn's property when the winds shift.

With all the noxious gasses and bacteria emitting from the Septic Tank seeping right into their bedroom, the dander from the dogs and birds, feces from the birds, the dogs running thru their own feces and urine in the yard, then running and living in the house, climbing on the furniture, licking their owners hands, slobbering on the furniture and carpet, it's no wonder Cardello has breathing problems.

Correct those issues and if problems persist, the pigs would gladly be moved.

OH!, and as for the Taylor-Cardello's moving, the LAW Requires the listing real estate agent provide "full disclosure" of the property. So 6 little Piggies are the least of their problems, demolishing a bedroom, or moving a septic tank would be a more likely reason the property can't be sold. Heck, the chances of finding someone who likes livestock and maybe even want's six pigs of their own is more reasonable than someone buying a house over a septic tank.

Regarding the 80 Acres, anyone familiar with Deerwood park knows the open land is surrounded by individual lots. Someone lives next to the Bunch land, no matter where pigs are located. Move the pigs anywhere and they'll simply be closer to another resident who will then begin the same complaint routine as Burns. Move them any further out and there's no access to water. Then Animal control comes down on the pig owners for inadequate care. So until a judge decides what limits are on the residents, and the farmland owner, it will continue to be a circle-jerk. When you own property, in America, unless there is specific zoning prohibiting it, it's supposed to be your decision where to build a building. These neighbors have the EXACT same right to do whatever they please with their land. I HATE Squaking birds, even if it's 800 feet away. But I'm not gonna tell the Taylor petting zoo to get rid of the birds. Her Doctor should have already done that. Sombody will always complain because that's what people here do best. Mind other peoples business, cause they have no life of their own.

And for some, life is just not complete unless you can put your neighbor out of business, then file a frivilous lawsuit because they decided to let six pigs be raised on their farmland.

And that my friends is Chapter 1 of "The Rest of the Story".

Go to www.HogWoodFarms.com to get all the links.

From now on you can refer to me as Mark "Charles Bunch" Mywords.

Now, out of that entire post above, all you can do is attack me and JD Sullivan?

Doesn't matter it is the facts, and the rest of the story. Those viewers on this forum without an agenda in this matter can get the other side of the story. Those with open minds will see that.

So, Mark Mywords, those from the County and those who have conspired with County Officials to cut off my income source, interfere with a lease agreement, and now halted a sale of the property, have screwed themselves so deep in the ground that when their heads pop out, they'll be shaking hands with the Chinese.

Your personal attacks and intimidation tactics are duly noted. Keep talking, you always have interesting ways of keeping Benton County taxpayers on the edge of their seats wondering how much you and your klan are going to cost them in legal defense fees and lawsuit awards.

Don't be surprized if you don't hear back from me after your next attack, but you may find the attack posted elsewhere on the web.

Charlie