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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Introduction PART ONE: THE PATHOLOGICAL MINDSET OF THE CAFO

Introduction: From Agrarianism to Industrialism Farm Factories: The End of Animal Husbandry Bernard E. Rollin Fear Factories: The Case for Compassionate Conservatism—for Animals Matthew Scully Cold Evil: The Ideologies of Industrialism Andrew Kimbrell Renewing Husbandry: The Mechanization of Agriculture Is Fast Coming to an End Wendell Berry Man, the Paragon of Animals? Questioning Our Assumptions About Evolution Christopher Manes

PART TWO: MYTHS OF THE CAFO

Myth: Industrial Food Is Cheap Myth: Industrial Food Is Efficient Myth: Industrial Food Is Healthy Myth: CAFOs Are Farms, Not Factories Myth: CAFOs Are Good for Rural Communities Myth: Industrial Food Benefits the Environment and Wildlife Myth: Industrial Food Can Feed the World Myth: CAFO Manure Is a Benign Resource

PART THREE: INSIDE THE CAFO

Introduction: What the Industry Doesn’t Want Us to Know Power Steer: On the Trail of Industrial Beef Michael Pollan Boss Hog: The Rapid Rise of Industrial Swine Jeff Tietz Watching the Chickens Pass By: The Grueling Monotony of the Disassembly Line Steve Striffler The Milk of Human Unkindness: Industrialization and the Supercow Anne Mendelson Size Matters: The Meat Industry and the Corruption of Darwinian Economics Steve Bjerklie Floating Hog Farms: Industrial Aquaculture Is Spoiling the Aquatic Commons? Ken Stier and Emmett Hopkins

PART FOUR: THE LOSS OF DIVERSITY

Introduction: Extinction Is Forever Old MacDonald Had Diversity: The Role of Traditional Breeds in a Dynamic Agricultural Future Donald E. Bixby Squeezed to the Last Drop: The Loss of Family Farms Tom Philpott Assault on Nature: CAFOs and Biodiversity Loss George Wuerthner Narrowing of Poultry Breeds Traditional Versus Industrial Beef and Dairy Cattle Traditional Swine and Lean Hogs Demise of the Family Farmer Loss of Individual Farms

PART FIVE: HIDDEN COSTS OF CAFOS

Introduction: Economists Have Forgotten How to Add From Farms to Factories: Pillaging the Commons Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bad Meat: Deregulation Makes Eating a High-Risk Behavior Eric Schlosser CAFOs Are in Everyone’s Backyard: Industrial Agriculture, Democracy, and the Future Kendall Thu Paying the Polluters: Animal Factories Feast on Taxpayer Subsidies Martha Noble Sliced and Diced: The Labor You Eat ChristopherD. Cook Diet for a Hot Planet: Livestock and Climate Change Anna Lappé

PART SIX: TECHNOLOGICAL TAKEOVER

Introduction: From Farms to High-Tech Antibiotic Drug Abuse: CAFOs Are Squandering Vital Human Medicines Leo Horrigan, Jay Graham, and Shawn McKenzie Franken Food: Livestock Cloning and the Quest for Industrial Perfection Rebecca Spector Genetically Engineered Farm Animals: A Brazen Effort to Make Nature Fit the Industrial Mold Jaydee Hanson Nuclear Meat: Using Radiation and Chemicals to Make Food “Safe” Wenonah Hauter

PART SEVEN: PUTTING THE CAFO OUT TO PASTURE

Introduction: Toward a Humane, Equitable, and Sustainable Food System Toward Sustainability: Moving from Energy Dependence to Energy Exchange Fred Kirschenmann The Good Farmer: An Agrarian Approach to Animal Agriculture Peter Kaminsky Changing the Law: The Road to Reform Paige Tomaselli and Meredith Niles A Chef Speaks Out: Making the Case for Taste Dan Barber Dismantlement: A Movement to Topple Industrial Animal Agriculture Erik Marcus The Farmer’s Bind: Scaling Up for a Different Kind of Agriculture Becky Weed Healing: Restoring Health, Wealth, and Respect to Food and Farming Joel Salatin Vote with Your Fork: It’s Time for Citizens to Take Back the Food System Daniel Imhoff

Know Where Your Food Comes From What You Can Do What Policy Makers Can Do Contributors Resources A Glossary of CAFO Terms and Euphemisms Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Credits Notes Index

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