Here’s Why Your Hamburger Just Got So Pricey - Freakonomics

A survey taken this past spring shows a majority of Iowans say they have experienced negative environmental impacts from industrial animal operations. But plenty are also ambivalent, or ignorant, abou...

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He’s running for Iowa governor on promises to bust up Big Ag. But some farmers are questioning his authenticity.

Egg companies that received hundreds of millions of dollars in bird flu payments are ordered to settle for a fraction of the price.

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The untold story behind the ‘90s ‘Got Milk’ campaign leads a 4-part investigative romp from the dairy farm to the White House, diving into Americans’ love/hate relationship with milk and the dairy ind...

Austin Frerick shares big ideas for how to transform food in the United States. For Frerick, radical change starts with radical imagination

Cleveland’s quest for a Michelin star may be at odds with current economic conditions, which are forcing some restaurants to rely on a supply system designed for efficiency and sameness.

Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it?

Agriculture and food antitrust expert Austin Frerick discusses Sysco's $29 billion deal to buy Restaurant Depot and what it could mean for consumers.

Austin Frerick shares big ideas for how to transform food in the United States. For Frerick, radical change starts with radical imagination

Austin Frerick shares big ideas for how to transform food in the United States. For Frerick, radical change starts with radical imagination

Austin Frerick explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite to fix our food system.

Austin Frerick explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite to fix our food system.

Author(s): Saito, Carolina | Abstract: Review of Austin Frerick, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry

Eye-popping prices for steaks and burgers are mostly a supply problem, exacerbated by lack of competition in the meatpacking industry. The upshot is that beef is likely to remain expensive for a while...

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“The land is producing the most that it has ever produced, but none of that wealth is staying there. So we shouldn’t be shocked that we’re seeing the politics of rage fill that void.”

Author Austin Frerick lays out how billionaire food barons have exploited and changed our regulatory system and how we can stop them.

“The land is producing the most that it has ever produced, but none of that wealth is staying there. So we shouldn’t be shocked that we’re seeing the politics of rage fill that void.”

Austin Frerick and Sonja Trom Eayrs have published books in the past year that dive into the corporate capture of rural America.

“The land is producing the most that’s ever produced, but none of that wealth is staying there. So we shouldn’t be shocked that we’re seeing the politics of rage fill that void.”

Beef costs have risen sharply in many countries, adding to the pressure on living standards and bringing Donald Trump into conflict with ranchers

Meet broadline distributor Sysco.

Meet broadline distributor Sysco.

Trump is under fire from ranchers, who say his ideas to lower prices address "symptoms not the problems".

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Iowa's top 10 largest farm owners own 222,000 acres, valued at $2.5 billion. Some critics say Iowa's not doing enough to limit corporate buyers.