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Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats

Author: Maryn McKenna.

Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats

Author: Maryn McKenna.

$27.00 $3.99
Item #: D22085
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2017
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN: 9781426217661
Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health. Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, Maryn McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonde... More
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Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health. Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, Maryn McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonder drugs" revolutionized the way the world eats—and not necessarily for the better.

"McKenna offers spot-on commentary on the dangerous additives in chickens and concludes on a relatively hopeful note."—Publishers Weekly


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