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John McCracken
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Meat Industry Reporter, Investigate Midwest
Beats
geek and pop culture, tech video production, freelancing digital media/entertainment, online video video games, blogging and a few more random topics like history,Web television
Nothing specific
Content
By John McCracken Verified, Investigate Midwest| Investigate Midwest Verified Nearly half of all child labor violations in the agriculture industry since 1995 have occurred in grain, fruit and vegetable farming. A review of Department of Labor data reveals these crop production sectors have consistently topped violations over the past two decades. Other major sectors of the agriculture industry with violations in the past two decades include baked goods manufacturers, meatpacking companies and contract companies that hire temporary labor for agricultural production.
By John McCracken Verified, Investigate Midwest| Sentient Media Verified This story was originally published on Investigate Midwest. The chickens do not slow down. Workers hang featherless bodies upside down onto hooks, cut the limbs and wings off the birds, and automated machines separate viscera from meat, slicing through 144 chickens a minute. Duvan Tomas Perez’s job was to sanitize the machines that remove chicken’s bones and organs at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where over 100 million birds are slaughtered each year.
By John McCracken Verified, Investigate Midwest| Investigate Midwest Verified Nearly half of all child labor violations in the agriculture industry since 1995 have occurred in grain, fruit and vegetable farming. A review of Department of Labor data reveals these crop production sectors have consistently topped violations over the past two decades. Other major sectors of the agriculture industry with violations in the past two decades include baked goods manufacturers, meatpacking companies and contract companies that hire temporary labor for agricultural production.
Company Info
Investigate Midwest
Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.
Champaign, Illinois, United States
+1 312-970-0395
Founded: 2009