Corporate-run agricultural co-ops are squeezing the very farmers they’re supposed to protect. Making them work again could help revive the heartland.
Leah Douglas
Leah Douglas is a reporter and policy analyst with the Open Markets Institute, where she covers corporate consolidation and the political economy of food. She writes and publishes Food & Power, a first-of-its-kind resource on consolidation in the food system.
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, September/October 2016, The Monopolized Economy
Made from Concentrate
Four companies decide what meat you eat, two choose what milk you buy, and soon only one will determine what beer you drink. Are we all fine with that?
Posted inBooks, Health Care, January/February 2016, Magazine
Time to Put Big Soda on a Diet
Excess sugar intake is killing Americans. But a few giant, consolidated beverage companies keep squashing reform efforts.
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, September/October 2015, The Monopolized Economy
The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Anymore
The monopolist behind your favorite “craft” bourbon.
