Built On The Backs Of The Vulnerable: Inside Case Farms Chicken Company

By Anita Rao,

Published May 10, 2017 at 12:35 PM EDT

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Case Farms is a chicken company with two plants in North Carolina. It produces more than a million pounds of chicken a year.

Hector Emanuel, special to ProPublica

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A new indepth investigation by Michael Grabell demonstrates that Case Farms is a chicken company built on the backs of vulnerable immigrants.

Hector Emanuel, special to ProPublica

chicken company produces nearly one billion pounds of meat each year. It supplies food for customers including Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Boar鈥檚 Head, and the U.S. government. Yet a new report shows it is a business built on the backs of the world鈥檚 most vulnerable immigrants. And its factories are some of the most dangerous workplaces in America.

The head of OSHA, a couple years ago, called it 'an outrageously dangerous place to work,' and cited the company's 25-year history of violating safety laws- Michael Grabell

Two of the company's four factories are in North Carolina 鈥� one in Morganton and one in Dudley. Host Frank Stasio talks with and contributor to the New Yorker, about

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Anita Rao

Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.

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