Bibliograph

The meat racket, the secret takeover of America's food business, Christopher Leonard

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The meat racket, the secret takeover of America's food business, Christopher Leonard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-351) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The meat racket

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

853310397

Responsibility statement

Christopher Leonard

Sub title

the secret takeover of America's food business

Summary

"In The Meat Racket, investigative reporter Christopher Leonard delivers the first-ever account of how a handful of companies have seized the nation's meat supply. He shows how they built a system that puts farmers on the edge of bankruptcy, charges high prices to consumers, and returns the industry to the shape it had in the 1900s before the meat monopolists were broken up. At the dawn of the 21st century, the greatest capitalist country in the world has an oligarchy controlling much of the food we eat and a high-tech sharecropping system to make that possible. These companies are even able to raise meat prices for consumers while pushing down the price they pay to farmers. We know that it takes big companies to bring meat to the American table. What The Meat Racket shows is that this industrial system is rigged against all of us."--Publisher information

Table Of Contents

How Jerry Yandell lost the farm (2003-2004) -- The Eden crash (1929-1958) -- Expand or expire (1960-1967) -- The industrial animal (1970-1995) -- Cage match (2010 -- 2012) -- Pig cities (1973-1994) -- The next generation (1996-2000) -- Squeal (1996-2011) -- Pulling the noose(2011) -- The food dictatorship (1994 -- 2006) -- The transition team (2007-2011) -- Street fight (2010-2011) -- Don's horizon (2011-2012)

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