"A shocking and engrossing exposé of the US meat industry, the devastating failures of the country's food system, and the growing disappointment of alternative meat producers claiming to revolutionize the future of food by the head of Forbes's Food, Drink, and Agriculture division, Chloe Sorvino"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: a pandemic catalyst -- Section I: the industrial grip -- How Goliath got so big -- Consolidation of power -- Monopsony just doesn't have the same ring to it -- The human cost of eating meat -- The JBS takeover of America's meat -- JBS goes to Washington -- How big is too big? -- Section II: challenging the industrial meat status quo -- How climate change will upend industrial meat -- The threat of antibiotic resistance -- Meat's accessibility gap -- Section III: alternative challengers -- Can climate crisis reform meat? -- Breeding a better chicken through feed and genetics --- The dumb money driving the plant-based boom -- Will meatless meat actually help the earth? -- Lab-grown power grab -- Sourcing local alternatives -- Section IV: maximizing what we've got -- An independent slaughter -- Bracing.