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

Austin Frerick, Eric Schlosser

eBook - 2024

"In this eye-opening debut study, Frerick, an agricultural policy fellow at Yale University, reveals the ill-gained stranglehold that a handful of companies have on America's food economy...It's a disquieting critique of private monopolization of public necessities." —Publishers Weekly, starred "Frerick's prose throughout is both direct and masterfully controlled, with every point supported by extensive references and notes. This is no alarmist screed but rather a careful, systematic, and utterly damning demolition job—an exquisitely informed exposé. . . A genuinely revelatory look at mass food production in the United States." —Kirkus Reviews, starred Barons is the story of seven corporate titans..., their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture,... more