The chain : farm, factory, and the fate of our food / Ted Genoways.
Genoways, Ted.
2014
HD9415 .G46 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
The chain : farm, factory, and the fate of our food / Ted Genoways.
Author
Genoways, Ted.
Variant Title
Farm factory
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062288752 hardcover
006228875X hardcover
Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
HD9415 .G46 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.7/664920973
Summary
Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and soaring recession-era demand for its most famous product, Spam, to probe the state of the meatpacking industry, including the expansion of agribusiness and the effects of immigrant labor on Middle America.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) and index.
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Pt. 1. The brain machine
Have a cup of coffee and pray
Alter egos
pt. 2. Little Mexico
They threw me away like trash
This land is not your land
pt. 3. From seed to slaughter
Don't be afraid to hurt them
Ag gag
pt. 4. I thought it was fishy
You are not welcome
Brother, are you okay?
pt. 5. A clean bill of health
Lay of the land
Water works
pt. 6. The city of no
Inspection.

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