"About 26 billion #chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is #industrialFarming."

Ian Frazier reviews #UnderTheHenfluence, #Yardbirds, and #Hatched

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/bang-the-drumstick-slowly-under-the-henfluence-yard-birds/
https://archive.ph/v4Fjl

#farms #factoryFarms #factoryFarming #CAFOs #crueltyToAnimals #BigAg #animalWelfare #poultryIndustry #poultry #backyardChickens #books @bookstodon

#LettersAndPolitics welcomes investigative journalist #WillPotter, author of #LittleRedBarns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-july-10-2025/

#factoryFarms #factoryFarming #CAFOs #crueltyToAnimals #BigAg #AgGagLaws #lawfare #USpol #animalWelfare #meatIndustry #books @bookstodon

Producing protein
Fractionation of animal bodies, mass consumption of cheap protein, and the value of protein sourced from industrial hog operations

Katie MacDonald

#Protein #Meat #Hogs #CAFOs #Substitutionism #Canada

#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/635

"Building on Karl Marx’s value theory, #DineshJosephWadiwel argues that #FactoryFarms and #IndustrialFisheries are not merely an example of unchecked human supremacism. Nor a result of the victory of market forces. But a combination of both. In #AnimalsAndCapital [..] Wadiwel untangles this contemporary handshake between hierarchical #anthropocentrism and #capitalism."

https://newbooksnetwork.com/animals-and-capital
#FactoryFarming #CAFOs #BigAg #IndustrialAquaculture #agribusiness #anthropocène #capitalocène #books

This story was written by a reporter from Winona MN, just up the river from here. Perot State Park, just across the river from Winona in Wisconsin, has for years posted nitrate warnings at the water sources.

Our region is known for its awesome #water resources, but #CAFOs are destroying it.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/06/animal-agriculture-nitrate-water