'The Chain,' by Ted Genoways – New York Times

New York Times'The Chain,' by Ted GenowaysNew York TimesEvery working day, tractor-trailers from Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota deliver about 30,000 hogs to a pair of slaughterhouses controlled by Hormel Foods. One of the plants is in Austin, Minn., the other in Fremont, Neb.; and both produce meat for the …and more »