Chicken farm giant linked to River Wye decline was sued over water blight in US | Rivers

One of the world’s biggest food giants with a supply chain linked to the ecological decline of the River Wye faced claims over similar pollution scandals in the US, the Observer can reveal.

Campaigners warned two years ago that the clear waters of the Wye, one of Britain’s best-loved rivers, were being blighted by thick green algae blooms linked to poultry production.

Many of the intensive chicken farms in the catchment area of the Wye supply Avara Foods in Hereford, which . . .