Raw Deal, Chloe Sorvino
Raw Deal, Chloe Sorvino
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Raw Deal
Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat

Author: Chloe Sorvino

Narrator: Allyson Ryan

Unabridged: 12 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2022


Synopsis

A shocking and unputdownable exposé of the United States meat industry and the corruption driving it that “is required reading for anyone who eats” (Christopher Leonard, New York Times bestselling author).

Years of consolidation, price-fixing, and power grabs by elite industry insiders have harmed consumers and caused environmental destruction. And while that’s hurting us, it’s also making others rich.

Now, financial journalist Chloe Sorvino presents a “deeply informed and eye-opening” (Publishers Weekly) look at the meat industry and its future as its fundamental weaknesses are laid bare for all to see. With unprecedented access and groundbreaking research, Raw Deal investigates corporate greed, how climate change will upend our food production, the limitations of local movements challenging the status quo, and the false promise of lab-grown meat.

About Chloe Sorvino

Chloe Sorvino leads coverage of food, drink, and agriculture at Forbes. Her work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Fast CompanyFinancial TimesThe New York TimesNew York magazine, and many more. Find out more at ChloeSorvino.com and follow her on X @ChloeSorvino, Instagram @CSorvino, and LinkedIn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David

I can’t divorce my reading of this book from thirty years and five months since I decided to become vegan on January 31st, 1993. Many things have changed since then. Bill Clinton was just starting his presidency. The ultimate signs that I have been vegan a long damn time, are the growth of products......more

Goodreads review by Ryan

The author knows her stuff when it comes to the business of meat. Here are some of my favorite clips: Major changes to how we produce food - and specifically meat, since it commands outsize resources - are necessary. According to a 2021 study published by NYU researchers, the largest meat producers in......more

Goodreads review by Tom

This is an interesting and pragmatic dive into commercial meat. I say pragmatic as this is not framed as an argument for vegetarianism, but rather how the oligopoly involved leads to market control, employee abuse, and even corruption in Brazil. Along the way, Temple Grandin is referred to, the Amer......more

Goodreads review by Lester

What do I think? Wow, this book is stuffed like a turkey on Thanksgiving! Sorvino starts off with a history of the American meat industry and how it is plagued with problems before we even consider other issues like the use of antibiotics, meat accessibility and the existential threat that is climate......more