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The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized food system

  • Written by Michael Carolan, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
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Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork and poultry every year. When I asked one producer recently to name something his industry thinks about that consumers don’t, he replied, “Beaks and butts.” This was his shorthand for animal...

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