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Index

abattoirs,
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.
See also
Communipaw Abbatoir; slaughterhouses

Abilene, Kansas,
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,
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,
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.
See also
McCoy, Joe

agribusiness,
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–
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,
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,
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.
See also
rural activism

Agricultural Adjustment Act,
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–
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,
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.
See also
agricultural subsidies

agricultural crises

in Georgia, 1920s,
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–
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,
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in 1920s,
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–
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,
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–
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in 1970s and 1980s,
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,
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–
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,
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–
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agricultural labor,
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,
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–
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.
See also
confinement; factory farming

agricultural legislation (process of creating),
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–
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,
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agricultural subsidies,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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agriculture.
See also
agribusiness; agricultural crises; agricultural subsidies; alternative agriculture; consumer economy; factory farming; livestock; urban growth

changes in geography of,
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criticism of,
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,
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,
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and geopolitics,
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,
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,
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impact of railroads on,
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inefficiency of,
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and inputs,
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,
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investment in during 1970s,
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land prices, impact of on,
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,
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,
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and national economy,
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“revolution” in mid-twentieth century,
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–
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alternative agriculture.
See also
community food security

growth of,
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–
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hostility toward,
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–
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,
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–
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legislative support for,
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livestock production and,
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–
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lobbying for,
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,
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in mid-twentieth century,
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National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture,
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–
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rationale for,
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,
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regulation of,
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–
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,
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–
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support for,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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,
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–
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alternative foods,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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–
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.
See also
beef; community food security; poultry

American Agriculture Movement,
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American Farm Bureau Federation,
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,
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American Heart Association,
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,
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American National Livestock Association,
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Anderson, Andrew D. (Andy),
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,
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–
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,
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–
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.
See also
IBP

animal protein factor,
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–
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.
See also
antibiotics

antibiotics,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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,
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.
See also
livestock feed

Armour, Philip,
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–
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,
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–
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.
See also
dressed beef; Beef Trust

Armour, Simeon (S. B.),
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,
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Armour & Company,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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.
See also
Armour, Philip

Atwater, Wilbur,
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beef.
See also
dressed beef

canned products,
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–
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Choice (grade),
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,
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consumption per capita,
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,
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,
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declining demand for,
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–
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,
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demand for in nineteenth century,
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Good (grade),
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grass-fed,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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influence of income on consumption of,
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natural/organic,
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–
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,
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preservation of,
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Prime (grade),
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,
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,
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,
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as status symbol,
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–
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“beef famine,”
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,
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Beef Trust,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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,
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–
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Berry, Wendell,
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bison,
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,
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,
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boxed beef,
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–
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boycotts, meat,
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,
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Brighton, Massachusetts,
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broiler industry,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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.
See also
chickens; factory farming; Jewell, Jesse D.; poultry; vertical integration

buffalo.
See
bison

Bureau of Corporations,
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,
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Burroughs, Wise,
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–
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,
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.
See also
DES (diethylstilbestrol)

butchers,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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.
See also
Slaughterhouse Cases; unions

Butchers’ National Protective Association,
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Butz, Earl,
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,
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“buy local” campaign,
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.
See also
community food security

byproducts,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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.
See also
meatpacking industry

CAFOs.
See
cattle feedlots; confinement; factory farming; manure management

Caprock Industries,
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Cargill,
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Carson, Rachel,
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–
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cattle.
See also
cattle feedlots; DES; western range

bonanza,
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–
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in colonial era,
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,
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,
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,
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and corn feeding,
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,
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,
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decline in number of farmers producing,
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digestive system of,
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drives and droving,
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–
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,
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,
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in early U.S.,
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–
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feeding of,
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–
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“finishing,”
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herds of in western U.S.,
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,
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longhorn,
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,
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supply of relative to demand,
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,
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and “Texas fever,”
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,
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traders and trading,
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–
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cattle-corn-hog complex,
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–
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,
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cattle feedlots,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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Center for Rural Affairs,
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,
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Center for Science in the Public Interest,
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,
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,
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Chicago,
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–
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,
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–
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Chicken McNuggets,
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–
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.
See also
McDonald’s

chickens,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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.
See also
broiler industry; poultry

Chittenden, Russell H.,
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–
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Cincinnati,
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,
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cities,
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–
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,
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–
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.
See also
urban growth

colchicine,
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Coleman, Mel,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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,
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.
See also
Coleman Natural Meats

Coleman, Nancy,
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,
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Coleman Natural Meats

founding of,
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–
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growth of,
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–
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,
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–
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meat industry’s complaints about,
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–
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regulatory woes of,
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,
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sale of,
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colonial America,
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,
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,
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–
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commerce, regulation of,
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–
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Commoner, Barry,
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Communipaw Abattoir,
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–
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community food security,
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–
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,
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–
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Community Food Security Coalition,
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,
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ConAgra,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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confinement,
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–
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.
See also
manure management