New From ProPublica: Chicken Checker
New from ProPublica: Chicken Checker. “Find the P-number on a package of raw chicken or turkey. We’ll show you how often the USDA found salmonella at the plant that processed it.”
Bloomberg: Push on to speed up poultry production
Bloomberg: Push on to speed up poultry production. “Coronavirus cases are rising, but the Trump administration is making its last push to allow chicken slaughterhouses to speed up production lines, something seen as a potential threat to social distancing for production workers. Three days after the election, the U.S. Department of Agriculture submitted a proposal to raise the maximum line speed by 25% to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. That’s typically the last step before a proposed regulation is published.”
The New Food Economy: How social media is fueling a market for novelty eggs
The New Food Economy: How social media is fueling a market for novelty eggs. “The growing popularity for keeping backyard chickens has created an awareness of breeds outside the standard Rhode Island Red or White Leghorns. And that has given rise to a hunger for beautiful, colorful, Instagram-friendly rainbow eggs.”
The Verge: How a tweet about a chicken and a hair dryer got its own news cycle
I normally try to put no more than four links in every given section. But I’m breaking my own rule today, partially because this is such a good article and partially because I do this for posterity. Posterity, if you want a good overview of why 2018 is just so weird, read this. The Verge: How a tweet about a chicken and a hair dryer got its own news cycle. “On March 21st, New Yorker food correspondent Helen Rosner tweeted a photo of her pointing a Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer at a raw chicken. She was trying to remove moisture and maximize the crispiness of the chicken skin before roasting it, and she wanted to share her snow day plans with her followers. But this story is not about chicken. Well, it’s kind of about chicken. It’s also about Twitter and digital media and misogyny and The Daily Mail. ‘Hair […]