by Josh Berson From the publisher: Humans are eating more meat than ever. Despite ubiquitous Sweetgreen franchises and the example set by celebrity vegans, demand for meat is projected to […]
Tag: meat production
Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America
by Joshua Specht From the publisher: By the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal. Beef production in the […]
The chicken experiment that radically changed meat production
On Christmas Day in 1948, 42-year-old biochemist Thomas Jukes came into work to weigh the chickens in his feeding experiment and discovered something unusual. The 25-day chicks fed the highest […]
How U.S. meat industry has protected itself by cost-cutting
During the 1880s and 1890s, four firms headquartered in Chicago would come to directly and indirectly control most of the United States’ beef. They did so by pushing the social […]
The passage in “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair that sickened America in 1906
“The Jungle” was a 1906 novel by the American writer Upton Sinclair about a family of immigrants from Bohemia struggling to survive under horrific working and living conditions in Chicago. […]
Big Chicken: the story of how chicken and antibiotics changed the way we eat
by Maryn McKenna From the publisher: Chicken is the world’s most popular meat, but its path to our plates winds through a dark and fascinating history. BIG CHICKEN: The Incredible Story of […]
Plucked! The Truth About Chicken
by Maryn McKenna From the publisher: A compelling investigation of the scandal at the heart of poultry production in the US, the UK and beyond. Plucked! examines everything that has gone wrong […]
Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business
by Christopher Leonard From the publisher: An investigative journalist takes you inside the corporate meat industry—a shocking, in-depth report every American should read. The American supermarket seems to represent the best […]
In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America
by Maureen Ogle From the publisher: The untold story of how meat made America: a tale of the self-made magnates, pragmatic farmers, and impassioned activists who shaped us into the greatest eaters […]