RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Gov. Pat McCrory will join North Carolina farmers at a rally Thursday at the Capitol.

The governor's public schedule shows the chief executive with an 11:30 stop in downtown.

NC Farm Families is fighting attacks on the farming industry by Waterkeepers Alliance, a New York based organization. The group's website lists its mission as:

Waterkeeper Alliance is leading a strategic, multi-faceted grassroots campaign to address the destructive industrial meat processing industry and to implement regulatory change across North Carolina, with the goal of protecting the environment, the public, and the family farmer.  We engage in local, regional and national advocacy with coalitions designed to address concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) impacts on water and land, and participate in key litigation relating to the scope of federal CAFO regulation.