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Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela130. Author Austin Frerick on the Barons that Control Our FoodAuthor Austin Frerick's new book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry looks at seven sectors of the American food system, profiling the company that dominates each of those markets. Some are familiar names like Cargill, Wal-Mart, and Driscoll’s. Others are foreign companies or giant conglomerates that are hardly household names but which still exert massive control over how we eat. Perhaps the most surprising revelation in the book is just how much has changed and consolidated in the last two decades.A native of Iowa, Austin also shares personal anecdotes throughout the bo...2024-08-2950 min