Kill and Chill

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ISBN: 9780802078322

Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain

Ian MacLachlan

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University of Toronto Press
10 December 2001

Agriculture & related industries; Food manufacturing & related industries

Both horrified and fascinated by a visit with his geography students to the Canada Packers Lethbridge plant, Ian MacLachlan searched for a book that would explain the main features of the Canadian meat packing industry.

Finding very little available, he set about writing an account of the industry that is both an economic geography and economic history.

Comprehensive in its treatment of the whole system surrounding the Canadian beef industry, Kill and Chill offers a history of the structural changes in Canada's cattle and beef commodity chain, beginning with calf production and cattle feeding on farms and feedlots. It goes on to describe the changes in cattle marketing, the historical development of meatpacking-in particular the emergence of Canada's 'Big Three' meatpacking firms-and the rise of meatpacking unionism.

Carrying the story almost to the present with the takeover of Maple Leaf by the McCain family in the mid-1990s, the work concludes with a discussion of current trends in retail beef marketing.

By: Ian MacLachlan
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 610g
ISBN: 9780802078322
ISBN 10: 080207832X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 10 December 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ian MacLachlan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge.