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Turkey farm in Massachusetts
Breeding hens at a turkey farm in Massachusetts. Photograph: Elise Amendola/AP
Breeding hens at a turkey farm in Massachusetts. Photograph: Elise Amendola/AP

Jonathan Safran Foer: The truth about factory farming

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In this disturbing extract from Eating Animals, the novelist reveals the unpalatable truth about factory-farmed poultry

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