If you eat chicken, or are at all curious about the utter insanity that is the modern American (and global) food system, you need to read this article. It's an incredibly thoughtful and well-researched account of how a mind-boggling 90% of the 23 billion chickens (also mind-boggling) eaten every year come from only one of two breeds. In it, Michael Scaturro tells the fascinating story of how the hell this happened, and what it might mean for the future of food. Here's the setup (just a taste); the rest is below.
How Chickens Became Like Smartphones
How Chickens Became Like Smartphones
How Chickens Became Like Smartphones
If you eat chicken, or are at all curious about the utter insanity that is the modern American (and global) food system, you need to read this article. It's an incredibly thoughtful and well-researched account of how a mind-boggling 90% of the 23 billion chickens (also mind-boggling) eaten every year come from only one of two breeds. In it, Michael Scaturro tells the fascinating story of how the hell this happened, and what it might mean for the future of food. Here's the setup (just a taste); the rest is below.