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Originally posted by robert_snyder
All joking aside,
You have to admit, The US food industry is incredibly huge, 4 trillion in GDP. Probably bigger than China's manufacturing base. I bet Tyson Chicken in Arkansas is the world leader and the industry standard in the world producing more chicken than the rest of the world combined. The U.S. farming industry feeds the world also. No question. This is a good thing. But also we need to maintain our technology advantage. This will prove to be more of a adventure.
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So I guess you don't know that China is at this very moment lobbying hard for the ability to import chicken into the US, and what's more scary is that the Bush Admin is helping them.
Forget salmonella. Bird flu will be soon be all the rage. But it will be CHEAP! Imagine McNuggets, 8 for $1!