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  1. Aug 2025
    1. Agribusiness,” theauthor wrote, “has managed to take the old barnyard, worm-eating animaland transform it into a wondrous fast-growing creation bred to live in asynthetic setting.”

      Rise of vertically integrated chicken production systems. Reflects the transformation of agriculture post-WWII and consolidation of food systems Chicken Nuggets, caused by industrial farming innovations, enabling cheap, mass-produced meat.

    2. food companies were happy to step in and helpwomen with these unreasonable expectations, providing ready-to-eat foodswith “built-in maid service” that housewives could whip up in a jiffy,

      Processed foods like green bean casserole supported a gendered ideal where women were caretakers and consumers, shaping domestic labor and expectations --> gender roles Food industry marketing reinforced women's roles and contributed to domestic econ

  2. Dec 2024
    1. The current system of production is based on mass production, and requires the constant creation of new desires and needs, which need to be created through advertising, and require massive forms of potentially unnecessary material production

      for - addendum - add ecological footprint of advertising industry to material waste generated by consumer culture - from Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20

      addendum - add ecological footprint of advertising industry to material waste generated by consumer culture - The advertising industry itself has a huge ecological footprint as well, in addition to the extra, unneeded material that planned obsolescence creates - references to be added

  3. May 2020
  4. Aug 2015