The chain
Subtitle: farm, factory, and the fate of our food
By: Ted Genoways
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780062288752
Subjects: Factory farms; Industrial safety; Hormel Foods Corporation; Meat industry and trade; Food processing plants
Other titles: Farm factory
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The brain machine; title: Have a cup of coffee and pray; title: Alter egos; title: pt. 2. Little Mexico; title: They threw me away like trash; title: This land is not your land; title: pt. 3. From seed to slaughter; title: Don't be afraid to hurt them; title: Ag gag; title: pt. 4. I thought it was fishy; title: You are not welcome; title: Brother, are you okay?; title: pt. 5. A clean bill of health; title: Lay of the land; title: Water works; title: pt. 6. The city of no; title: Inspection.