Meanings
nounchickenization (uncountable)
- uncountablebusinessThe process of chickenizing, making into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.
The meat produced on these farms began taking up more shelf space in grocery stores around the country, squeezing out pricier pork produced by independent farmers and expensive beef raised by ranchers. The tide of chickenization was well under way.
2014, Christopher Leonard, The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 158
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