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:The meat industry, one of the most profitable in the food processing sector, boomed in 1870 thanks to progress in transport such as <i>corned-beef</i><ref>Compacted meat without bone and cartilage, canned by J.A. Wilson.< | :The meat industry, one of the most profitable in the food processing sector, boomed in 1870 thanks to progress in transport such as <i>corned-beef</i><ref>Compacted meat without bone and cartilage, canned by J.A. Wilson.</ref> and refrigerated freight-cars — signifying the death of what we now call <i>short supply chains</i>. Enormous herds, kept far away from the public, became accessible to the tables of the United States and the entire world.</br> | ||
:The lucrative cultivation of corn nibbled away at the lands of the Great Plains where the mythical herds had grazed, so the herds joined the ranks of off-soil factory farming after the Second World War. Confined in sanitized spaces, often isolated from daylight, the animals grow in a promiscuity which decreases their cost while increasing the risk of contagion in case of illness. So, to guarantee production, the pesticides which are essential to intensive cultivation of plants are sprayed over fish, chicken, pigs and cattle; reinforced by the administration of antibiotics produced by the same agro-pharmaceutical corporations.<br> | :The lucrative cultivation of corn nibbled away at the lands of the Great Plains where the mythical herds had grazed, so the herds joined the ranks of off-soil factory farming after the Second World War. Confined in sanitized spaces, often isolated from daylight, the animals grow in a promiscuity which decreases their cost while increasing the risk of contagion in case of illness. So, to guarantee production, the pesticides which are essential to intensive cultivation of plants are sprayed over fish, chicken, pigs and cattle; reinforced by the administration of antibiotics produced by the same agro-pharmaceutical corporations.<br> | ||
:In Quebec, in 1945, the <i>Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations</i> (FAO) is created, and the right to food added to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. In reaction to the shortages of the Second World War, food security is based on production, hygienism, and guaranteed in the 20th century by: <i>the rules of production</i> (law); the policing of markets (money); and health norms (information).<br> | :In Quebec, in 1945, the <i>Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations</i> (FAO) is created, and the right to food added to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. In reaction to the shortages of the Second World War, food security is based on production, hygienism, and guaranteed in the 20th century by: <i>the rules of production</i> (law); the policing of markets (money); and health norms (information).<br> | ||