The chain : farm, factory, and the fate of our food / Ted Genoways.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062288769
- ISBN: 0062288768
- Physical Description: xiv, 305 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Harper paperbacks edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Subject: | Meat industry and trade > United States. Food processing plants > United States. Factory farms. Industrial safety. Hormel Foods Corporation. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | HD 9415 G46 2015 (Text) | B001626464 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An acclaimed journalist 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, and expose such alarming trends as pollution, abused animals and more. 25,000 first printing. - HARPERCOLL
A powerful and important work of investigative journalism that explores the runaway growth of the American meatpacking industry and its dangerous consequences
âA worthy update to Upton Sinclairâs The Jungle and a chilling indicator of how little has changed since that 1906 muckraking classic.â â Mother Jones
âI tore through this book. . . . Books like these are important: They track the journey of our thinking about food, adding evidence and offering guidance along the way.â âWall Street Journal
On the production line in American packing-houses, 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, often dangerous quality.
In The Chain, acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and its most famous product, Spamâa recession-era stapleâto probe the state of the meatpacking industry, from Minnesota to Iowa to Nebraska. Interviewing scores of line workers, union leaders, hog farmers, and local politicians and activists, Genoways reveals an industry pushed to its breaking pointâwhile exposing alarming new trends, from sick or permanently disabled workers to conflict between small towns and immigrant labor. A searching exposé in the tradition of Upton Sinclair, Rachel Carson, and Eric Schlosser, The Chain is a mesmerizing story and an urgent warning about the hidden costs of the food we eat.