Summary Of Nathan Meeker's 'The Jungle'

Chapter seven starts with an introduction to Greeley, Colorado, in the book it’s described as a slaughterhouse town with a foul smell. In the middle of this chapter, Eric Schlosser talks about the ConAgra Beef Company. He talks about the large amount of cattle in feedlots. All of the cows eat an enormous amount of food that helps them get big. In addition to that they get even bigger with the help of a steroid that is in their ear. With all of the food consumed by cows they can end up depositing up to 50 pounds of fecal matter and urine a day! Next, the book talks about the founder of Greeley, Colorado, Nathan Meeker. After giving a brief summary of his life, the author goes into talking about how things were in Greeley before the mass industrialization.
Chapter seven then talks about the location of most meatpacking plants, in an urban city. Following that, Fast food nation, tells readers that Chicago was the meat capital of the world, at the time. Large meatpacking firms that employed around 40,000 people and shipped meat all throughout the United States and Europe was headquartered there. Upton Sinclair wrote the book titled “The Jungle” in 1906 based on working conditions in the meatpacking industry of Chicago. After poor working conditions were discovered and proven true, political influence on the meatpacking industry gave way for the “food safety Legislation”. This gave workers union representation and increased pay after WW2. Next, the book notifies on Iowa Beef Packers (IBP), telling us about its founders, employees, and working structures. IBP was the culprit for many wholesalers and butchers either going out of business or being fired, due to the fact that they had expanded their uses and ways of cutting beef. While talking about IBP, the workforce of its employees came to light. Dakota City workers went on strike and even showed violence towards those who were in a high position in IBP. Also, Iowa Beef packers