The Meat You Eat How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America's Food Supply

by Midkiff, Ken; Berry, Wendell

• ISBN13: 9780312325367
• ISBN10: 0312325363
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

The Meat You Eat exposes the risks corporations are taking with the health of people, animals, the environment, and the quality of rural life through the mass-production of meat, milk, eggs, and fish. These companies are endangering the lives of consumers and the quality of our food supply in the name of productivity and profit. Rather than advocate a vegan or vegetarian diet, author Ken Midkiff argues that using and supporting local farmers will improve our quality of life, as well as the animals whose meat we eat. Complete with resource sections about finding local farmers and lists of agribusiness players, The Meat You Eat encourages us to take an active interest in what we put on our plates and in our mouths.

Author Biography

Ken Midkiff is the Sierra Club Clean Water Campaign Director. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Living on Earth and All Things Considered. A leading expert on the subject of agribusiness and sustainable agriculture, he lives in Columbia, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction : get big or get out	p. 1
Big pig	p. 43
Big chicken and big egg	p. 65
Big milk	p. 105
Big beef	p. 123
Big fish	p. 141
Conclusion : stay small and stay alive	p. 157
The agribusiness companies	p. 185
Land-grant schools	p. 209
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