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Index
abattoirs, [>]. See also Communipaw Abbatoir; slaughterhouses
Abilene, Kansas, [>], [>], [>]. See also McCoy, Joe
agribusiness, [>]–[>], [>], [>]. See also rural activism
Agricultural Adjustment Act, [>]–[>], [>]. See also agricultural subsidies
agricultural crises
in Georgia, 1920s, [>]–[>], [>]
in 1920s, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in 1970s and 1980s, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
agricultural labor, [>], [>]–[>]. See also confinement; factory farming
agricultural legislation (process of creating), [>]–[>], [>]
agricultural subsidies, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
agriculture. See also agribusiness; agricultural crises; agricultural subsidies; alternative agriculture; consumer economy; factory farming; livestock; urban growth
changes in geography of, [>]
criticism of, [>], [>], [>]
and geopolitics, [>], [>], [>]
impact of railroads on, [>]
inefficiency of, [>]
and inputs, [>], [>]
investment in during 1970s, [>]
land prices, impact of on, [>], [>], [>]
and national economy, [>]
“revolution” in mid-twentieth century, [>]–[>]
alternative agriculture. See also community food security
growth of, [>]–[>]
hostility toward, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
legislative support for, [>]
livestock production and, [>]–[>]
lobbying for, [>], [>]
in mid-twentieth century, [>]
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, [>]–[>]
rationale for, [>], [>]
regulation of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
support for, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
alternative foods, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also beef; community food security; poultry
American Agriculture Movement, [>]
American Farm Bureau Federation, [>], [>]
American Heart Association, [>], [>]
American National Livestock Association, [>]
Anderson, Andrew D. (Andy), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also IBP
animal protein factor, [>]–[>]. See also antibiotics
antibiotics, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]. See also livestock feed
Armour, Philip, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also dressed beef; Beef Trust
Armour, Simeon (S. B.), [>], [>]
Armour & Company, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]. See also Armour, Philip
Atwater, Wilbur, [>]
beef. See also dressed beef
canned products, [>]–[>]
Choice (grade), [>], [>]
consumption per capita, [>], [>], [>]
declining demand for, [>]–[>], [>]
demand for in nineteenth century, [>]
Good (grade), [>]
grass-fed, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
influence of income on consumption of, [>]
natural/organic, [>]–[>], [>]
preservation of, [>]
Prime (grade), [>], [>], [>], [>]
as status symbol, [>]–[>]
“beef famine,” [>], [>]
Beef Trust, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Berry, Wendell, [>]
bison, [>], [>], [>]
boxed beef, [>]–[>]
boycotts, meat, [>], [>]
Brighton, Massachusetts, [>]
broiler industry, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]. See also chickens; factory farming; Jewell, Jesse D.; poultry; vertical integration
buffalo. See bison
Bureau of Corporations, [>], [>]
Burroughs, Wise, [>]–[>], [>]. See also DES (diethylstilbestrol)
butchers, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]. See also Slaughterhouse Cases; unions
Butchers’ National Protective Association, [>]
Butz, Earl, [>], [>]
“buy local” campaign, [>]. See also community food security
byproducts, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]. See also meatpacking industry
CAFOs. See cattle feedlots; confinement; factory farming; manure management
Caprock Industries, [>]
Cargill, [>]
Carson, Rachel, [>]–[>]
cattle. See also cattle feedlots; DES; western range
bonanza, [>]–[>]
in colonial era, [>], [>], [>], [>]
and corn feeding, [>], [>], [>]
decline in number of farmers producing, [>]
digestive system of, [>]
drives and droving, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
in early U.S., [>]–[>]
feeding of, [>]–[>]
“finishing,” [>]
herds of in western U.S., [>], [>]
longhorn, [>], [>]
supply of relative to demand, [>], [>]
and “Texas fever,” [>], [>]
traders and trading, [>]–[>]
cattle-corn-hog complex, [>]–[>], [>]
cattle feedlots, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Center for Rural Affairs, [>], [>]
Center for Science in the Public Interest, [>], [>], [>]
Chicago, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Chicken McNuggets, [>]–[>]. See also McDonald’s
chickens, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]. See also broiler industry; poultry
Chittenden, Russell H., [>]–[>]
Cincinnati, [>], [>]
cities, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also urban growth
colchicine, [>]
Coleman, Mel, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]. See also Coleman Natural Meats
Coleman, Nancy, [>], [>]
Coleman Natural Meats
founding of, [>]–[>]
growth of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
meat industry’s complaints about, [>]–[>]
regulatory woes of, [>], [>]
sale of, [>]
colonial America, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
commerce, regulation of, [>]–[>]
Commoner, Barry, [>]
Communipaw Abattoir, [>]–[>]
community food security, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Community Food Security Coalition, [>], [>]
ConAgra, [>]–[>], [
>], [>]–[>]
confinement, [>]–[>]. See also manure management
congressional hearings
alternative agriculture/foods, [>]–[>]
dressed beef industry, [>]–[>]
food prices, [>]
meatpacking industry, [>]
railroad industry, [>]
western range, [>]
consumer advocacy, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
consumer consciousness, [>], [>], [>]
consumer economy, [>]–[>]. See also consumer advocacy; consumer consciousness
Consumer Reports, [>], [>], [>]
contract growers. See vertical integration
convenience, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
cookery and meat, [>]–[>]
corn, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]. See also beef; cattle; cattle feedlots; hogs
Corn Belt, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
corporate farms. See rural activism; corporate hog farms
corporate hog farms, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also factory farming; rural activism
Crawford County Packing Company, [>], [>]–[>]. See also Anderson, Andrew D.
Crescent City Live Stock Landing and Slaughter House Company, [>], [>]. See also Slaughterhouse Cases
Davis, John, [>]–[>]. See also agribusiness
Delmarva, [>]
Denison, Iowa, [>]–[>]
DES (diethylstilbestrol), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
DeVoto, Bernard, [>]
