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Genoways, Ted

The chain : farm, factory, and the fate of our food / Ted Genoways - xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes index

Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and soaring recession-era demand for its most famous product, Spam, to probe the state of the meatpacking industry, including the expansion of agribusiness and the effects of immigrant labor on Middle America


ISBN: 9780062288769

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Food processing plants.
Meat industry and trade.
Meat industry and trade --United States.
Occupational health.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7