How the Food Industry Actually Works

Somewhere in Arkansas or Georgia, a chicken plant is running three shifts back to back so America doesn't run out of wings on Super Bowl Sunday. Meat alone moves $1.52 trillion a year, $8.71 trillion once you count everything else on the plate, and a handful of companies decide years in advance exactly how many birds get born. Here's how the food industry actually works, from the 1948 Chicken of Tomorrow contest and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle to the four companies behind your whole plate, the foreign owners of American meat, and the pandemic that broke the machine. Net Worth Calculator: https://www.alux.com/nw High Net Worth Individuals’ Favorite app: https://www.alux.app How Big Oil Actually Works: https://youtu.be/FHTJyj2Z1lA We put together a FREE Reading List of the 100 Books that helped us get rich: https://www.alux.com/100books 0:00 - Introduction: The Wings Behind Super Bowl Sunday 1:30 - Chapter 1: The Farm That Became a Factory 6:05 - Chapter 2: The Jungle, and the Law That Followed 11:48 - Chapter 3: The Plant That Ended the Butcher 16:15 - Chapter 4: Four Companies, Your Whole Plate 24:32 - Chapter 5: The Foreign Owners 30:56 - Chapter 6: The Fast Food Number 34:09 - Chapter 7: What's Under the Barn 41:17 - Chapter 8: When the Machine Breaks 48:02 - Chapter 9: The People Inside the Plant 53:32 - Chapter 10: The Challenger That Stalled 57:47 - Chapter 11: The Global Plate 1:04:03 - Conclusion: The Principle Behind the Plate Tools: Protect yourself online with NordVPN: https://www.nordvpn.com/alux Get a free audiobook when you sign up: https://www.alux.com/freebook Start an online store today: https://www.alux.com/sell Sell an online course: https://try.thinkific.com/f5rt2qpvbfok - Get Rich Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP35LyTOQVIsxb5Mf-Pr1xHJMZPtdIX8q Take Action Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP35LyTOQVIuhLj_V6ThqHhVN52kozybm All Sunday Motivational Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP35LyTOQVItYEFKYW1WdjcHFuXt0s5h- Book Club: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP35LyTOQVIvGYVKBE8qEwmP-S_Z7i0lL - Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/alux/ https://www.facebook.com/alux https://www.twitter.com/aluxcom --- Alux.com is the largest community of luxury & fine living enthusiasts in the world. We are the #1 online resource for ranking the most expensive things in the world and frequently referenced in publications such…