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Fast Food Nation

the Dark Side of the all-American Meal
Nov 26, 2015rpavlacic rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book is almost guaranteed to make you furious, that the brutal methods used to make processed meats, fruits and vegetables finds its way not only into fast food but also onto our supermarket shelves. Equally maddening is the food industry's fighting every attempt by government to make slaughterhouses more humane and safer. Or their efforts at union busting. Or to work around worker's compensation laws. Or to raise the minimum wage. A one dollar wage increase in the minimum raises the price of a burger by two cents. I wouldn't mind paying an extra quarter to get these hard-working people up to a living wage. Things have improved slightly since the book's publication, but only just. We often don't think of what goes into making our food - prepared, processed or even "fresh". This book will.