Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry

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Middlebury College, Robert A. Jones '59 House, 148 Hillcrest Rd., Middlebury, VT 05753
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Why is our food system broken? Austin Frerick describes the rise to power of 7 “food titans”, whose exploitation of consumers, farmers, and workers has contributed to high prices and poor conditions for farmers and workers. 

 

Frerick is a Yale University agricultural policy fellow and the author of Barons: Money, Power and the Corruption of Food Industry, chosen as a Kirkus Review Best Indie Book of 2024.

 

 

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