06898cam a2200877 i 4500 23303537 BJBSDDR 20260116113448.0 ta 230831s2024 dcu b 001 0 eng d 2023945763 9781642834444 (pbk.) 1642834440 (pbk.) 23303537 (OCoLC)1409486868 YDX eng rda YDX BDX GK8 OCLCO AGL ZLM DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- HD 9005 F882b 2024 338.47664/00973 Frerick, Austin, 1990- 45684 Barons : money, power, and the corruption of America's food industry / Austin Frerick ; [foreword by Eric Schlosser]. Washington, DC : Island Press, 2024. xiv, 257 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-245) and index. Introduction -- The hog barons -- The grain barons -- The coffee barons -- The dairy barons -- The berry barons -- The slaughter barons -- The grocery barons -- Conclusion. "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, where school children ride trams through mechanized warehouses filled with tens of thousands of cows that never see the light of day. What was the key to his success? Hard work and exceptional business savvy? Maybe. But more than anything else, Mike benefited from deregulation of the American food industry, a phenomenon that has consolidated wealth in the hands of select tycoons, and along the way, hollowed out the nation's rural towns and local businesses. Along with Mike McCloskey, readers will meet a secretive German family that took over the global coffee industry in less than a decade, relying on wealth traced back to the Nazis to gobble up countless independent roasters. They will discover how a small grain business transformed itself into an empire bigger than Koch Industries, with ample help from taxpayer dollars. And they will learn that in the food business, crime really does pay--especially when you can bribe and then double-cross the president of Brazil. These, and the other stories in this book, are simply examples of the monopolies and ubiquitous corruption that today define American food. The tycoons profiled in these pages are hardly unique: many other companies have manipulated our lax laws and failed policies for their own benefit, to the detriment of our neighborhoods, livelihoods, and our democracy itself. Barons paints a stark portrait of the consequences of corporate consolidation, but it also shows we can choose a different path. A fair, healthy, and prosperous food industry is possible--if we take back power from the barons who have robbed us of it."--Publisher's website. Austin Frerick is an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy. He worked at the Open Markets Institute, the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the Congressional Research Service before becoming a Fellow at Yale University. He is a 7th generation Iowan and 1st generation college graduate, with degrees from Grinnell College and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Food industry and trade United States. Alimentos Industria y comercio Estados Unidos 19582 Food industry and trade Government policy United States. Abastecimiento de alimentos Política gubernamental Estados Unidos 40890 Food industry and trade Corrupt practices United States. Industrias alimenticias Prácticas corruptas Estados Unidos 46729 Food industry and trade Economic aspects United States. Food supply United States. Agricultural industries United States. Industrias Agrícolas Estados Unidos 6433 Agricultural industries Government policy United States. Industria agrícola Política gubernamental Estados Unidos 46730 Agricultural industries Corrupt practices United States. 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