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Why the Broiler Chicken Is the True Symbol of the Anthropocene

The broiler chicken is the quintessence of the modern meat complex. In 1925 the average chicken brought to slaughter was 112 days old, ate 4.7 pounds of feed for every pound of liveweight chicken, and weighed 2.5 pounds when its

Why the Broiler Chicken Is the True Symbol of the Anthropocene

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