Topic: Big Chicken

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Episode 405 1:31:50 - 1:34:52

405: Piles of Pelicans

War on Chicken, Poultry Farm Fires and NPR

The "War on Chicken" continues with a massive fire at a Weld County, Colorado poultry farm that killed 500,000 chickens. NPR reports on the rise of "Big Chicken" in Texas, using military terminology like "fallout" and "blowback" to describe the environmental and social impact of industrial chicken farming.