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2. Industrial Agriculture and Its Harms

Author : Jennifer L. Schally

Published in: Legitimizing Corporate Harm

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This chapter provides an overview of industrial agriculture and its harms, especially to animals, in order to provide a vivid and alarming context for my analysis of Tyson Foods’ website. First, the origins of industrial agriculture are traced. The chapter continues with emphasis on some of the particular harms of raising and processing animals for food in the industrial system, specifically harm to animals, harm to the environment, and harm to human health.

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Title: Industrial Agriculture and Its Harms
Author: Jennifer L. Schally
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Legitimizing Corporate Harm
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-67878-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-67879-5

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67879-5_2

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