Ear to the Ground 384: Power Play

LSP's Ear to the Ground by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project

Episode notes

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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Austin Frerick’s website

View video of Nov. 4, 2025, LSP Event Featuring Sonja Trom Eayrs & Austin Frerick: “Big Ag, Big Problems: A Panel on Rural Consolidation”

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Keywords
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