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v=MSvCK_xH84s

Chicken prices have crept up over the last 10 years and the industry is practically__________________

Costco like most American Grocers buys from these _____________because there's no other option.

Costco will own the chickens feed and the ______________while local farmers will own the ______________and raise Costco's

This model is called _____________________________

The only chickens sold for meat were older hens who could no longer lay eggs. So it was a rare and expensive product even though
the meat would be_______________, by today's standards

The discovery that _______________are administered in small doses daily not only keep the chickens healthy but would bring them
to market weight faster.

The modern chicken industry has faced a ___________________: inhumane treatment of the chickens, devaluation of property
near processing plants, _______________environmental degradation, and exploitative farming contracts.

The contracts especially have come under fire in recent years as farmers speak out in documentaries and ______________against
their former employers

1. an oligopoly
2. behemoth companies
3. processing plant/ barns and equipment
4. vertically integrated agriculture.
5. tough and unpalatable
6. antibiotics
7. slew of criticisms
8. abusive treatment of plant workers
9. file lawsuits