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"Michigan Tracks Cattle From Birth To Plate" [1]

"Would you like to know the life history of that steak, before you eat it? Technology exists to give you that information, at least in Michigan, where the state government requires all cattle to carry an electronic tag for tracking purposes."



Dan Charles reports for NPR's Morning Edition May 31, 2013. [2]

Agriculture [3]
Food [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Public [6]
Source: NPR [2], 05/31/2013
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/michigan-tracks-cattle-birth-plate [2] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/31/187327856/michigan-tracks-cattle-from-birth-to-plate [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81