Is Factory Farming Destroying Rural America?

Name: Is Factory Farming Destroying Rural America?
Uploaded: 2016-11-19T01:49:55+00:00
Duration: 50 min 28 s
Channel: Zócalo Public Square
Description: March 03, 2014 - American meat has become plentiful and cheap over the past half century. How did this happen, and what does it mean for our diets, our agriculture system, and our culture? Christopher Leonard, author of The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business, tells the story of a changing industry--and the damage it's done to rural America.

March 03, 2014 - American meat has become plentiful and cheap over the past half century. How did this happen, and what does it mean for our diets, our agriculture system, and our culture? Christopher Leonard, author of The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business, tells the story of a changing industry--and the damage it's done to rural America.