This discussion examines how meat as a commodity shifted to a mass industry in the U.S. during the industrial revolution, the role of meat in American culture, antiveganism, and how the process of slaughtering was removed from the public consciousness. Further, it addresses the social and environmental impacts of largescale factory farming as it exists today.
This video is posted with permission from the creator, Kara White, Skidmore College. Visit the YouTube website, "The Secret Lives of..." for more information, including references for this video:    / @thesecretlivesof.  .
Two other videos with sustainability themes are also posted to this site, one the Secret Life of Tea and the other the Secret Life of Waste.