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Obviously The Pork Board would wish to claim credit for the shift in demand for bacon. Lobbyists and advertisers will tend to portray themselves as essential to the industries that support them. It is more likely that "the bacon boom" was a market phenomenon driven by lots of small cultural and technological shifts, not social engineering. The article is undermined by its title and reliance on Pork Board anecdotes.



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