Price gouging is EVERYWHERE in the food industry Remember price gouging isn’t just setting a high price, it’s setting an artificially high price in a market with no real competition (especially if you’ve used influence to destroy your competition)

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns the most farmland in Illinois" farmprogress.com/farm-business/…

NEW: America’s largest meat producers are reportedly fixing prices. Tyson, Hormel, and Cargill are using a little-known technology—Agri Stats—to share secret data and make your groceries more expensive. It’s one of the biggest conspiracies in corporate history.

(the new products)

So f'en proud of my buddy John tonight 🙌

man oh man I always talk about not getting mad by events outside your control but I'm just finishing up reading Barons by Austin Frerick and I'm failing to take my own advice. I'm so mad I set up an interview to talk to him on Tuesday, so you can hear all about it on the pod.

New UK review of Barons! "Frerick peppers the book with action and lurid anecdotes, but he prioritises deep analysis... It’s a highly researched yet digestible book" thegrocer.co.uk/critical-eye/b…

.The Grocer reviews Island Press' BARONS: MONEY, POWER, AND THE CORRUPTION OF AMERICA'S FOOD INDUSTRY by Austin Frerick, a tale of "money-grabbing and ruthless expansion, unhindered by regulation and politicians". Buy in Europe from Ingram Publisher Services UK! thegrocer.co.uk/critical-eye/b…

What emerged from yesterdays conversation with Austin Frerick, which will be out next week, was the single most elegant and direct vision for ag reform that I’ve heard: “Get animals back on the land” BINGO. That’s it. That’s what we build around.

Nate Austin Frerick Austin Frerick is tremendously knowledgeable and really understands the issues, origins, and solutions. I loved interviewing him on my podcast. His book “Barons” is meticulously researched and he has a big heart. He understands farmers.

I have a new book excerpt in the The Independent! About the owner of Panera: "The Reimann family’s history of cosy relations with a genocidal dictator shows... Monopoly and democracy, it turns out, don’t easily coexist." independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

"It would be simplistic to attribute the rise of fascism in Germany, or elsewhere, solely to corporate consolidation. "But it would also be naive to ignore its role."

.Austin Frerick "delves into the dark past of a company you may never have heard of but will have most certainly drunk its coffee"—The Independent features Island Press' BARONS: MONEY, POWER, AND THE CORRUPTION OF AMERICA'S FOOD INDUSTRY. Out now! independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

Ok gang here is the interview with Austin Frerick I’ve been telling you about.

"In fact, by 1997, Blommer was processing 5% of the world's cacao beans. If that's not impressive enough, as of 2014, that figure had jumped to 45%, according to the Chicago Tribune." yahoo.com/lifestyle/ther…

Barons by Austin Frerick will definitely make my annual 'best reads of the year' list, and Nate is a great dude, so I'm certain that this interview is worth your listening to.

The Iowa Farm Bureau took its private jet to Jackson Hole earlier today. #agtwitter #ialegis