[Linkpost] “Bloomberg Businessweek: ‘How Generations of Selective Breeding Created Miserable Chickens’” by AxellePB 🔹

This is a link post. I’m a journalist covering animal suffering in agriculture. Yesterday, Bloomberg Businessweek published a story from "Chicks on Speed: Big Chicken's Push for Faster Birds, But Slower Reform", a cross-border investigation I’ve been working on with five other European journalists: Julia Dauksza, Tracy Keeling, Wojciech Oleksiak, Andrei Petre and Paul Tullis. This work was made possible by the support from Journalismfund Europe. More about the investigation So far, our work has been published in Bloomberg Businessweek, Le Parisien, UFC-Que Choisir, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Mindcraft Stories. Two additional articles are expected in the coming months. Eurogroup for Animals wrote a blogpost about the investigation: "Plight of fast-growing meat chickens hits mainstream media". Bloomberg Businessweek agreed to produce a short social video about the story. They also released an audio version for Spotify and will use it as their Sunday newsletter this week.The beautiful [...] ---Outline:(01:42) Key findings(03:57) Behind the story(05:14) Whats next--- First published: October 11th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/SW498uDwbQMvguzae/bloomberg-businessweek-how-generations-of-selective-breeding Linkpost URL:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-09/chicken-breeding-by-aviagen-cobb-vantress-shows-risks-of-genetic-selection --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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