Its all healthy though right???





Quite interesting

https://livestock.extension.wisc.edu...n-of-tomorrow/

The return of the GI’s following World War II brought about major changes in American society. America was exporting beef and pork too war-torn Europe and the “Baby Boom” created a high demand for inexpensive protein. This created the urgency for the poultry industry to develop a fast-growing and efficient meat type chicken.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (or commonly known as the A&P store), the country’s largest poultry retailer, was first to recognize this need. In 1945, in partnership with USDA and Cooperative Extension, A&P set about producing a chicken that would grow bigger, faster and have a larger percentage of breast meat and plump legs and thighs.

A competitive event, called “The Chicken of Tomorrow” was launched that year to find the farmer/producer that could develop the genetics to meet the needs of the consumer. A&P offered $10,000 in prize money nationwide to encourage participation.


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Today the average American eats around 70 pounds of chicken a year, five times the 1950 amount. At any given time, 20 billion chickens (That’s three for every human!) are alive on our planet and nearly all of them can trace their ancestry back to Vantress or Arbor Acres stock!



Interesting stuff, but they notably leave out hormones/steroids they are pumping into them.