The meat racket : the secret takeover of America's food business /

In The Meat Racket, investigative reporter Christopher Leonard delivers the first-ever account of how a handful of companies have seized the nation's meat supply. He shows how they built a system that puts farmers on the edge of bankruptcy, charges high prices to consumers, and returns the indu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leonard, Christopher, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Text in English.
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: "Things are born, things die"
  • How Jerry Yandell lost the farm (2003-2004)
  • The Eden crash (1929-1958)
  • Expand or expire (1960-1967)
  • The industrial animal (1970-1995)
  • Cage match (2004-2012)
  • Part 2: The great chickenization
  • Pig cities (1973-1994)
  • The next generation (1995-2006)
  • Squeal (1996-2011)
  • Pulling the noose (2011)
  • The food dictatorship (1994-2006)
  • Part 3: Tyson's pride
  • The transition team (2007-2011)
  • Street fight (2010-2011)
  • Don's horizon (2011-2012).