Planet chicken
Subtitle: the shameful story of the bird on your plate
By: Hattie Ellis
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780340921883
Subjects: Chicken industry
Description: Planet chicken is an eye-opening and uncompromising book about the bird we eat and mistreat the most. Hattie Ellis traces the chicken's evolution and history in farming, and reveals the grotesque scandal of the modern chicken industry, and its effect on our health. But she also talks to chicken lovers around the world, from West Indian jerk-chicken stall holders to Provincial chefs, and to the pioneers who are bringing real chickens back to our tables. This is a shocking and informative read, but also an inspiring one.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. What we are doing; title: Chicken pieces; title: From jungle to farm; title: From farm to factory; title: Meat and eggs; title: Drugs, bugs and poo; title: Killing; title: Frozen, fast, processed; title: International chicken; title: pt. 2. What we can do; title: The whole bird; title: The good egg; title: Happy chickens; title: The bird explorers; title: Shopping; title: Cooking cultures; title: Slow chickens; title: Pet poultry; title: Home to roost.