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8. Food and the Industrial Revolution


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June 27, 2020

The Industrial Revolution is often said to be made of three parts:  the steam engine, the Bessemer blast furnace, and the silicon wafer.  However, underpinning these three technologies is a great wealth of modifications in the diet necessary to feed the worker.  The rise of sugar as a cheap source of calories, the use of food additives to preserve and make food more palatable, the use of the chicken as a great filter to consume lots of waste products and produce edible meat are just a few examples of what is covered in this article.

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