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Poultry company priorities: Vegetarian meals for the chickens, but their workers still can’t use the bathroom

cmonforton | February 24, 2016

This week’s announcement by Allen Harim Foods offers another upsetting example of a poultry company that cares more about its chickens than its employees. The Delaware-based company broadcasted that it “…is one of the first companies in the nation that has moved to a 100 percent vegetarian feed for its chickens.” The firm says the move responds to “…what our customers are telling us” about wanting to buy healthy chicken products. I can’t help but wonder how their customers would respond if Allen Harim posed this question to consumers: “Should the employees who skin, debone and package our…

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