Cochons d'or
L'industrie porcine en questions
Cochons d'or
Questions on the Pork Industry
Far from the idyllic image of the small farm in children's books, pigs emerge in their millions these days from the pork industry. Faced with radical transformations in this sector, what does the work involve? What does it not involve?
Release : 26/06/2010
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Reference : 02192
Women come from one planet, apparently, and men from another. But where do the pigs come from? A world away from the idyllic image of the joyful small farm in children's books, pigs emerge in their millions from the pork industry. In many countries, including France and Quebec, this international industry, which manages the bulk of the world's billion pigs, has increased the work productivity of men and animals in remarkable fashion. In 1970, a sow farrowed sixteen piglets a year. Today the number is 29. The aim is to produce "at all costs and at any price", but for whom and for what reason? What does working in industrial pig production mean nowadays for the breeders, the employees and the pigs? What does the work involve? What does it not involve?
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