The presence of the chicken industry can be seen throughout Georgia. On an average day, Georiga alone produces 23 million pounds of chicken meat, 11.7 million table eggs and 7 million hatching eggs. A billion chickens are slaughtered in Georgia annually by 37,000 workers in processing planrts located throughout the state.
Those 37,000 jobs have helped create more than 55,000 in other poultry-related businesses. Poultry production is big agribusiness, contributing more than #13 billion dolalrs annually to the economy of Georgia.
The poultry industry's success, however, has been at the expense of Georgia's communities. While the poultry industry's profits have risen, the industry has failed to protect the environment's natural resources, as well as the workers, catchers and farmers comprising the state's human resources. |
