Episode 280: Big Chicken, History of How Antibiotics Changed Modern Agriculture

A Taste of the Past - Un podcast de Heritage Radio Network

Award winning journalist Maryn McKenna reveals the fascinating history of chicken in her new book, Big Chicken. She talks with us about chicken's rise in popularity through the routine use of antibiotics, a practice that would transform agriculture, change the world's eating habits, and contribute to the deadly rise of drug-resistant infections around the globe.

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