![]() some chicken have trouble walking upright because they have been genetically altered to grow bigger breasts this usually makes chickens unhealthy and many are dying of heartattacks before they can be killed in feed lots chicken gain weight so fast that if a child grew at a proportional rate they would weigh 286lbs by the time they are 6. chicken are fed (in the feed farms) anything from old pretzels and cookies covered in fat to leftover chicken parts. a typical chicken farmer only makes $12,000 a year 90% of chicken sold is no longer whole chickens but chicken that has already been cut into pieces (i.e. 4 chicken companies control half of the american chicken market ![]() 2004 - a 4 million pound pile of cow poop burned uncontrollably for 4 months 1991 - one billion fish killed in north carolina by disease linked to runoff form slaughter house 4 meatpacking companies control 84% of the market (tyson, swift and co., excel, and national beef)īUT ranchers only get 47 cents to the dollar spend on beef but i thought i would post some facts about this book that really get the point across So this book is turning out to be much like fast food nation. ![]()
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