We eat a lot of chicken in the United States. Since 1970, poultry consumption has nearly doubled, putting chicken on top of the list of most-consumed meats.
The poultry industry has had to crank up to a higher speed to be able to meet demand, and that's resulted in practices like the widespread use of antibiotics on chickens.
This and other details are described in journalist Mary McKenna's book Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats.
We revisit this interview from 2017, best consumed on an empty stomach.