The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food
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- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release Date:11-11-14
- Publisher: Tantor Audio
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Publisher's Summary
On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Under pressure to increase supply, the supervisors of meat-processing plants have routinely accelerated the pace of conveyors, leading to inhumane conditions, increased accidents, and food of questionable and often dangerous quality.
In The Chain, acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and its most famous product, Spam, to probe the state of the meatpacking industry. Interviewing scores of line workers, union leaders, hog farmers, and local politicians and activists, Genoways reveals an industry pushed to its breaking point. Along the way, he exposes alarming new trends: sick or permanently disabled workers, abused animals, water and soil pollution, and mounting conflict between small towns and immigrant labor.
©2014 Ted Genoways (P)2014 Tantor
What the Critics Say
"An exhaustive examination of this industry. . . . [Listeners] curious about meatpacking and agriculture as well as the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the food industry will find Genoways's nonfiction debut a valuable and stimulating read." (Library Journal )
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"Good and informative but not easy"
This was enjoyable to me. My wife couldn't listen to the talk of the packing plants.
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