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How "Big Chicken" Changed How We Eat

Thegreenj, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2877208

Nobody likes to be called a big chicken, and there's a good chance the poultry industry won't appreciate the term, either. 

But journalist Maryn McKenna says the power and practices of the business lend themselves to the name.  She uses it for the title of her book, too: Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats

Note the focus on antibiotics, still used in chickens at a time when doctors are warning against the casual use of the drugs.  This and more are examined in the book, and the author joins us to talk about it.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is an editor and reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a news host and regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio.