TY  - JOUR
AB  - The number of animals raised and slaughtered for food in the U.S. has increased dramatically since 1945. We examine how two factors have been fundamental in this expansion of “meat” consumption: the market and the state. U.S. agricultural policies that emerged form the New Deal centered on price supports and production controls. While these policies were aimed at controlling supply, they instead spurred intensive and industrial techniques that resulted in continuous overproduction, especially in corn, wheat and soybeans. As a result, farm organizations and the state promoted “meat” production and consumption as a way to alleviate the surplus. To handle this expansion, intensive and industrial methods reshaped “meat” production, resulting in more oppressive living conditions for animals raised as “meat”. We explore this connection between the market, state policy and animal oppression. We also briefly analyze how this relationship has likewise affected workers and peripheral nations in the world economy.
VL  - 24
IS  - 9
SN  - 0144-333X
DO  - 10.1108/01443330410790786
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330410790786
AU  - Winders Bill
AU  - Nibert David
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Consuming the surplus: expanding “meat” consumption and animal
oppression
T2  - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 76
EP  - 96
Y2  - 2024/04/27
ER  -