Inflation: The True Monopoly Story by Luke Gannon and Reggie Rucker | Date: 25 Aug 2022 | Listen to the Building Local Power podcast here. “For every crime, you need means, motive, and opportunity,” Rakeen Mabud explained on the Building Local Power podcast. Executives at some of the largest monopolies in our economy are using…

Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 All hats, no cattle and little chance Alan Guebert Two groups–one of South Dakota investors, the other tied to Texas cattle ranchers and feeders–are preparing to spend a collective $1.8 billion on two meatpacking plants that they say will be so innovative each…

August 23rd, 2022 Andrew deCoriolis Farm Forward has joined a consumer class action lawsuit against Whole Foods alleging that the retail giant is deceiving shoppers about beef products in its stores. Since 1981, Whole Foods has claimed that all of the animals within its supply chain are raised without antibiotics, but an independent laboratory found…

Cargill fiscal 2022 revenue jumps 23% to record $165 billion Reuters A Cargill logo is pictured on the Provimi Kliba and Protector animal nutrition factory in Lucens, Switzerland, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Aug 9 (Reuters) – Global commodities trader Cargill Inc (CARG.UL) on Tuesday reported that its fiscal year 2022 revenue jumped 23%…

Howdy, This Nebraska based story has made national coverage. The federal USDA voluntary conservation cost share and easement programs utilized by Nebraska farmers and ranchers depend on to help them manage their natural resource based issues almost always run out of money. President Biden by virtue of his voluntary 30×30 (America the Beautiful) initiative, as…

Censored: Ad Exposing Whole Foods’ Antibiotics Deception May 24th, 2022 Andrew deCoriolis Apparently Whole Foods’ “no antibiotics, ever” marketing really means “antibiotics, sometimes.” Farm Forward recently exposed Whole Foods’ humanewashing after we uncovered drugs in the Amazon-owned retailer’s meat. Now, as Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting kicks off, the cities of Austin and Seattle have decided…

Bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate would add lawyers in the USDA to prosecute complaints under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Experts and advocates have said the law has been weakened over the previous decades. By Aruni Soni, Investigate Midwest 4 hours ago A century ago, Congress wrote a law intended to counteract…