Why independent grocery stores look to antitrust law to battle big retailers like Walmart and Amazon.
Claire Kelloway
Claire Kelloway is the food program manager at the Open Markets Institute.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Farmers’ Market: A Sketchy Scheme to Reduce Rural Greenhouse Emissions
A coalition of Big Ag, Republicans, Democrats, and some environmental organizations is pushing so-called carbon capture markets to stem climate change. But family farm groups see lots of problems.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Are We Getting Railroaded?
A train merger and the threat of monopolism on the tracks.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Milking Profits: The Dairy Monopolies That Are Hurting Farmers
Born of a noble idea, dairy cooperatives let farmers join forces to get a good price for their milk and stand up to powerful interests. Now the coops are powerful, huge, and squeezing the farmers that ostensibly own them.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Why Are Farmers Destroying Food While Grocery Stores Are Empty?
Turns out letting “efficient” monopolies control our food supply was a terrible idea.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, The Monopolized Economy
The Monopolization of Milk
How America’s biggest dairy co-op is trying to become even bigger.
Posted inCover, Economy, Featured, January/February/March 2019, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
How to Close the Democrats’ Rural Gap
Forget Trump’s tariffs. Big Ag is driving a new farm crisis.
