{"product_id":"the-chain-farm-factory-and-the-fate-of-our-food-9780062288769","title":"The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful and important work of investigative journalism that explores the runaway growth of the American meatpacking industry and its dangerous consequences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A worthy update to Upton Sinclair's \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e and a chilling indicator of how little has changed since that 1906 muckraking classic.\" -- \u003cem\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I tore through this book. . . . Books like these are important: They track the journey of our thinking about food, adding evidence and offering guidance along the way.\" --\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the production line in American packing-houses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Under pressure to increase supply, the supervisors of meat-processing plants have routinely accelerated the pace of conveyors, leading to inhumane conditions, increased accidents, and food of questionable, often dangerous quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Chain\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and its most famous product, Spam--a recession-era staple--to probe the state of the meatpacking industry, from Minnesota to Iowa to Nebraska. Interviewing scores of line workers, union leaders, hog farmers, and local politicians and activists, Genoways reveals an industry pushed to its breaking point--while exposing alarming new trends, from sick or permanently disabled workers to conflict between small towns and immigrant labor. A searching exposé in the tradition of Upton Sinclair, Rachel Carson, and Eric Schlosser, \u003cem\u003eThe Chain\u003c\/em\u003e is a mesmerizing story and an urgent warning about the hidden costs of the food we eat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenoways, Ted:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTed Genoways served as the editor of the \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e from 2003 to 2012, during which time the magazine won six National Magazine Awards. He is a contributing editor at \u003cem\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/em\u003e and an editor-at-large at \u003cem\u003eOnEarth\u003c\/em\u003e, and is a winner of the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. He is a fourth-generation Nebraskan and lives in Lincoln.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409504342290,"sku":"9780062288769","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d1bab99-e93b-4a41-943e-095c06833f0f.jpg?v=1729289100","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-chain-farm-factory-and-the-fate-of-our-food-9780062288769","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}