Food Mondays: Chicken diplomacy

Food Mondays: Chicken diplomacy
AP/Seth Perlman
Food Mondays: Chicken diplomacy
AP/Seth Perlman

Food Mondays: Chicken diplomacy

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The health of a nation’s chicken industry can actually be an economic indicator of sorts. The government of Uzbekistan is forcing its civil servants to accept payment in the form of chickens.

Joshua Foust has an article pondering the issue in the Atlantic. He also blogs about central Asia.