Human Labor and Factory Farming
There have been numerous expos\xe9s of the conditions in factory farms, where livestock are crammed together by the hundreds of thousands.\xa0 But anthropologist Alex Blanchette argues that animal agribusiness, rather than being a sordid, exceptional case, has represented the cutting edge of capitalist industry for more than one hundred years.\xa0 He discusses the\xa0 exploitation of both animals and humans at a massive pork complex in the Midwest, where seven million hogs are raised and slaughtered each year.\nResources:\nAlex Blanchette, Porkopolis: American Animality, Standardized Life, and the Factory Farm Duke University Press, 2020\nThe post Human Labor and Factory Farming appeared first on KPFA.