Antibiotics off the Farm

Click above to hear part 2 of Bacteria to the Future, featuring Maryn McKenna, investigative journalist who specializes in public health and food policy, and author of “Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats.” She explains how strains of drug-resistant bacteria thrive on farms, and how farms moving away from the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock feed.

Bacteria to the Future:
Part 1: Antibiotics on the Farm
Part 2: Antibiotics off the Farm
Part 3: Set Phages to Kill

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