Emily Durante
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Whether valorized, as the heartland or derided, as flyover country, the Midwest became instantly notorious, when COVID-19 infections skyrocketed among workers in meatpacking plants and Americans feared for their meat supply. But, the Midwest is not simply the place, where animals are fed corn and then butchered. Native midwesterner Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent years interviewing Iowans, who work in the meatpacking industry, both native-born residents...