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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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Note that one study recently compared 50 conventionally raised beef samples with 50 “grass-fed” beef samples and found no significant differences in contamination rates (Zhang et al. 2010).
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Schally, J.L. (2018). Industrial Agriculture and Its Harms. In: Legitimizing Corporate Harm. Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67879-5_2
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