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Ag antitrust expert Austin Frerick sees the current food system as a mechanism for modern robber barons to treat rural communities as mere “extraction colonies.” But, he argues, changing how we eat isn’t enough — we need to disrupt how power is distributed all along the food chain (2 of 2 parts).
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local foodfood insecurityrural povertyrural economic developmentlocal democracycivic engagementregenerative agriculturefactory farmscorporate consolidationantitrustlivestock productioncorporate controleconomic justicegrassroots democracyCAFOBarons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food IndustryAustin Frerick