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In Nebraska, immigrants work hard-to-fill jobs in meatpacking industry

Sep 8, 2017
The nation's food supply chain could collapse without immigrant labor.
Chuck Folken is the owner of Folken Feed Yards, a livestock feed farm in Leigh, Nebraska.
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What would happen if China put itself on a diet?

Jun 21, 2016
The government's new diet guidelines call for cutting meat consumption in half.
Customers select pork at a supermarket in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province.
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