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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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English. |
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New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster,
2014.
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| 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).