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Industrial Food Chain (p. 35 The field George and I planted would produce…
Industrial Food Chain
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Meat is cheap
p. 61 Thanks to CAFOs, meat is now so cheap that many of us eat it three times a day.
The way that cows are treated is wrong and they should have a better life, food, and homes
p. 59 At first I thought the cows were standing or lying in grayish mud. Then it dawned on me-that wasn't mud at all. It was manure.
p.91 3 out of every 5 Americans are overweight, one of every 5 is obese
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p. 91 Adult-onset diabetes has been renamed type ll diabetes because it is happening so frequently in children.
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p. 60 Twelve hours a day, seven hours a week, mills turn rivers of corn into cattle feed.
p. 33 It looked like regular kernels of corn, but it was something called Pioneer Hi-Bred 34H31
p. 61 Cattle is now raised in densely packed "cities" called CAFOs, (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations).
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p.8 One of these chemicals was a pesticide called Monitor, used to control bugs. The chemical is so toxic to the nervous system no one is allowed in the field for five days after it is sprayed.
p. 70 Yet feeding corn to cattle goes against the natural order almost as much as feeding them beef.
p.33 The corn seed that we were planting looked like regular kernels, but it was actually something called Pioneer Hi-Bred 34H31
p.44 "They say you only need a hundred pounds per acre. I'm putting on closer to one hundred eighty," Naylor explained to me, a bit sheepishly.
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p.34 Hybrid corn quadruples the yield of farmers, from about 20 bushels per acre to about eighty bushels per acre
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p.36 today the seed companies have taken things a step further. Genetically modified corn seed promises even higher yields then hybrid seed.
p. 75 I noticed that his eyes were a little bloodshot. That was probably from the feedlot dust, which wasn't really dust but dried up manure.
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