‘They rake in profits – everyone else suffers’: US workers lose out as big chicken gets bigger
by Nina Lakhani in Springdale and Green Forest, Arkan from Environment | The Guardian on (#5N6JV)
Revealed: investigation shows how Tyson's near monopoly in its home state of Arkansas gives it huge power, at a cost to farmers and the environment
The tight grip that America's largest meat processing company has on the chicken industry has generated dire consequences for its workers, farmers and the environment in one of the US's leading poultry-producing states, an investigation has found.
Tyson Foods is ranked 73rd on the Fortune 500 list, with a revenue of $43bn in the last fiscal year.
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