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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The 3-hole golf course at intersection of Sherwood and Sycamore, Fort Collins, CO

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Queens, Astoria. The bicycling SIL described it as “some serious rain. BQE is closed!

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My SIL took this shot in Astoria Queens about 7:00 this evening. He said the rim is slightly distorted but the sky was that brown.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

New Yorkers wreaking havoc and carnage.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A view of three boroughs. I’m standing in Queens. Brooklyn on the left, Manhattan on the right.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

And here's an image of the book cover. Available in four formats everyplace (almost) you can buy books.

The cover of The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat in America, by Maureen Ogle. The cover is reddish in color and in the middle is an 1870s image showing cuts of meat and livestock.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

From The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America. L: a NYC peddlers' market, this one located beneath 1 of the new elevated railways. 1915. R:. A NYC shop in a better neighborhood. 1920. Meat boycotts were common then because food prices were high because retailing was VERY inefficient. LOC

A food market in NYC in 1915, this one located beneath one of the new elevated trains. Hundreds of people are buying produce and other goods from dozens of peddlers.

A NYC grocery store in 1920. The shopkeeper is standing behind a counter, and behind him are shelves lined with canned goods. In front of the counter are bins filled with produce. A woman and a small child are in the process of paying for their goods.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Another image from The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America. This is from 1910, the lower east side of Manhattan, and a mostly Jewish neighborhood. These women are discussing the latest meat boycott. From LOC Read an excerpt from the book at maureenogle.com

From 1910. A group of Jewish women standing on a sidewalk discussing the latest meat boycott (based on high prices).

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Another image from The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America: From Puck magazine, 1906. Yet another portrayal of the evils of the Beef Trust. Read an excerpt from the book at maureenogle.com

A 1906 Puck magazine illustration. A figure wearing a black suit and whose head is a skill is holding a tube labeled Packingtown. He's forcing animals in one end, and out the other come "Pure Meat Products."

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The last of four blooms. Not much left now of the stems. But I got 4 blooms. Gift from friends May 2023. BUT: if I repot this I may coax more stem growth from it: Not obvious in this photo but the foliage is healthy, fat, and green. I may yet get new stems.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Chicago Union Stockyards, 1909. The image, especially thanks to the huge Armour sign, provides a decent sense of the scale of the place. From LOC The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America. Excerpt at maureenogle.com

The Chicago Union Stock Yards in 1909. In the background is an enormous brick plant with a huge sign that reads "Armour." In the foreground are row upon row of cattle pens. Several men are standing on the rails between the pens.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Another image from the book. During WWI, farmers were urged to produce as much as possible, and consumers were urged to conserve, conserve, conserve. Clean your plate! From 1918/US Food Administration. LOC. From: The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America. read an excerpt at maureenogle.com

A drawing of a women dressed in red, white, and blue from head to toe, with her arms out and a pleading look on her face. The text reads "Be Patriotic/Sign your country's pledge to save the food."

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The commercial meat-poultry industry was born in 1920s, and designed to mimic the factory, the widgets being hens + eggs. This 1941 electric plucker could clean as many as 1000/birds a day. LOC The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat in America, available everywhere. Excerpt: maureenogle.com

A young man is standing in front of a machine that consists of a rotating drum that is covered with what looks like some kind of gritty material. He's holding a bird against the drum, which is partly covered by its now removed feathers.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Here's how the sausage was made. Literally. Men and boys filling sausage casings at an Armour plant in Chicago, 1898. The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America. Available everywhere in four formats. Read an excerpt at maureenogle.com

An 1898 photos of men and boys stuffing sausage casing at an Armour processing plant in Chicago. One guy pulls the long snake from the casing machine and the others tie them off into separate sausages. The sausages are draped over a horizontal rod. It's hard to tell exactly what they're doing but in effect they're tying the links. The youngest person looks like he's ready to haul away a section of sausage-laden horizontal rod.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Another image from the book. Willy Vanderbilt is only mentioned briefly, but who could resist this? J.F. Keppler, 1879, "The modern colossus of railroads." From LOC The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat in America. Excerpt at maureenogle.com

An 1879 cartoon depicting William Vanderbilt as the king or railroads. He's an immense figure straddling two of several rail lines. In his hands, he holds the reins of locomotives. Two other rail barons are strapped to his knees, he being their puppeteer.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Another image from the book. From 1867. Passengers on this train are hanging out the windows to shoot at the bison they pass. In that decade and the next, the US worked to eliminate as many bison as possible so that cattle could be take over the western plains and range. LOC

A train locomotive is pulling 2 passenger cars. Passengers are leaning out of the windows shooting at the bison on both sides of the train and in front of the locomotive.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I decided to illustrate the new book (The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America). This is from 1906, Puck Magazine. A evil butcher stands in for the very evil Beef Trust. On the shelves behind him, are the toxins he adds to the meat. Or so it was said.

A depiction of a gruesome butcher standing in front of a table full of tainted meats. Behind him are shelves of the toxins he adds to the meat.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This is a good survey of the current situation with western grazing. I discuss the early years of grazing mania and the struggle over public lands in my new book. (Among other matters.) The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America. Excerpt and info at Maureenogle.com

THE PRICE
PLENTY
A History of Meat in America
MAUREEN
OGLE

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Want to know more about WHY Americans eat so much meat? The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat On America. Available everywhere in all formats. Details and excerpt at Maureenogle.com

A reddish book jacket. The title is The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Damnit. I tell myself I should post about the new book once a day, but I rarely remember. New book. The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America. More info and excerpt at Maureenogle.com Available globally in all four formats.

An image of a book titled The Process of of Plenty. It’s reddish w a 19th century image of a poster that shows livestock and cuts of meat.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

At the risk of being boring as shit....... Is anyone interested in reading 83,000 words about the history of meat in America, and writing a (brief) review at the site of your choice?

A reddish book cover that reads The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat In America, by Maureen Ogle

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I've been told a book cover needs to be seen five times before it registers on a viewer's eyes. I dunno. But: I'm willing to give it a shot. Available wherever you buy your books, from hard cover to audio. INTERESTED IN REVIEWING THE BOOK?

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 13/02/2026