At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast · From the Iowa Food System Coalition
Chickenizing the American food system
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A contract clause states ownership of the chicken shifts to the farmer only when the bird dies.
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A sharp look at how efficiency can hide who pays the real cost.
Chickenization of the American food system frames industrial agriculture as a story about power as much as production. Beth Hoffman follows how chicken became the template for consolidation, then shows that same logic reaching hogs, cattle, and oats, with the focus staying in…
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Hear how chickenization became the template for modern farm consolidation.
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