Until recently, few people considered the sources of their meat. Then, a coronavirus walked into one after another of Meat Inc.’s humongous rural factories, where more than 90% of U.S. bacon, hamburger, chops, wings and other animal parts are processed. Within weeks, the industry’s business model – immense plants, side-by-side congestion, worker powerlessness and profit-driven executive suite carelessness – had created hotbeds of contagion. Although the toll is undoubtedly higher, 494 meat factories have acknowledged […]
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