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FMK 202: Overview of the Global Food Industry

Recommended resources for the secondary research assignment.

Selected Trade Magazines

Meat and Poultry
National Provisioner
Progressive Grocer
Supermarket News
Digital editions available here:
http://supermarketnews.com/digital-edition

Selected Books

Prime cut : livestock raising and meatpacking in the United States, 1607-1983 by Skaggs, Jimmy M.
Call Number: HD9415 .S58 1986

ISBN: 0890962499

Publication Date: 1986
In Meat We Trust by Maureen Ogle
Call Number: Campbell TX371 .O39 2013

Publication Date: 2013
The Meat Racket by Christopher Leonard
Call Number: Campbell HD9415 .L46 2014

Publication Date: 2014

Industry Associations

National Chicken Council
National Poultry & Food Distributors Association
North American Meat Institute NAMI is a national trade association that represents companies that process 95% of red meat and 70% of turkey in the U.S. and their suppliers throughout America.
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

Industry Reports

The power of seafood : an in-depth look at retail seafood through the shoppers' eyes. by Food Marketing Institute
Accessible with an SJU network login

Power of Meat
American Meat Institute
Food Marketing Institute

The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop

The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop
This BBC documentary takes you behind the scenes at KFC.

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BBC, 2015

Selected Books

Animal Factory by David Kirby
Call Number: TD195.A34 K57 2010

ISBN: 0312380585

Publication Date: 2010-03-02
Tyson by Marvin Schwartz
Call Number: Campbell HD9419.T97 S39 1991

ISBN: 9781557281890

Publication Date: 1991-04-01

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Subjects: Food Marketing, Marketing

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