Putting Meat on the American Table
Putting Meat on the American Table

Author: Roger Horowitz

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780801882418

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This book explains how America became a meat-eating nation - from the colonial period to the present. It examines the relationships between consumer preference and meat processing - looking closely at the production of beef, pork, chicken, and hot dogs. The author argues that a series of new technologies have transformed American meat. He draws on detailed consumption surveys that shed new light on America's eating preferences - especially differences associated with income, rural versus urban areas, and race and ethnicity.

Livestock Issues
Livestock Issues

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century
Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century

Author: Luther G. Tweeten

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-03-21

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0470390344

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Agricultural policy reform has become a very hot topic. Over the next couple of years we will see the funding for these programs being hotly debated. The thesis of this book is that a better-informed public is essential to bring rationality to farm policy. This book provides telling evidence that markets work, that competent commercial farmers will earn returns on their resources as high as those earned elsewhere in the absence of income transfer to farmers.