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Nov 13, 2024 | 
iowapublicradio.org | Ben Kieffer |Austin Frerick |Thurman Arnold Project
Cedar Rapids native Austin Frerick, published his debut book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry. The book tells the story of the titans of seven food industries — pork, grain, dairy, berry, coffee, grocery, and slaughter — and how they impact the nation’s food systems. River to River host Ben Kieffer discusses with Frerick how these titans' practices impact food producers and consumers, and how a fair, healthy and prosperous food industry may be possible.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
dailycoffeenews.com | Austin Frerick
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
the-independent.com | Simon Calder |Austin Frerick
You may not have heard of JAB Holding Company, but there’s a good chance you’ve been in one of its stores. The Luxembourg-based conglomerate, controlled by members of the reclusive Reimann family in Germany, owns coffee chains and bakeries from sea to shining sea – and beyond. The list is extensive: Peet’s Coffee, Caribou Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Bruegger’s Bagels, Manhattan Bagel, Noah’s New York Bagels, Krispy Kreme, Pret A Manger, Insomnia Cookies, and Panera Bread.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Austin Frerick
You may not have heard of JAB Holding Company, but there’s a good chance you’ve been in one of its stores. The Luxembourg-based conglomerate, controlled by members of the reclusive Reimann family in Germany, owns coffee chains and bakeries from sea to shining sea – and beyond. The list is extensive: Peet’s Coffee, Caribou Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Bruegger’s Bagels, Manhattan Bagel, Noah’s New York Bagels, Krispy Kreme, Pret A Manger, Insomnia Cookies, and Panera Bread.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
promarket.org | Austin Frerick
The following is an excerpt from Austin Frerick’s new book, “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry,” now out at Island Press. Like the broader Gilded Age economy that Walmart exemplifies and has played a role in shaping, the wealth in Bentonville obscures the hardship surrounding it.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
landclimate.org | Austin Frerick
“Agriculture policy does not protect the person you or I think of as a farmer,” Tom Buis of the National Farmers Union told the New York Times in 1999. “It benefits the largest operations and the processors.
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May 31, 2024 | 
iowapublicradio.org | Ben Kieffer |Austin Frerick |Thurman Arnold Project
An expert on agricultural and antitrust policy, Frerick's book tells the story of the titans of seven food industries - pork, grain, dairy, berry, coffee, grocery, and slaughter - and how they impact the nation’s food systems. River to River host Ben Kieffer discusses with Frerick how these titans' practices impact food producers and consumers, and how a fair, healthy and prosperous food industry may be possible. Guest: Austin Frerick, author and fellow, Thurman Arnold Project at Yale University
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
foodtank.com | Austin Frerick
The Wall Street Farm Bill was precisely the sort of law that President Truman warned about in 1948. The sort of balance encouraged by the New Deal Farm Bill preserved economic stability and insulated farmers from fluctuations in prices. But the new law neutralized or eliminated all provisions that were designed to maintain balance. Instead, the Wall Street Farm Bill directed most of the subsidies to incentivize overproduction of a handful of key commodities, particularly corn and soy.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
compliancepodcastnetwork.net | Kelly Richmond Pope |David Montero |Nicole LaPorte |Austin Frerick
In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we look at some of the top books on compliance you should read in 2024.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
swander.substack.com | Julie Gammack |Austin Frerick |Mary Swander
Listen to host Mary Swander interview Austin Frerick about his new book Barons on Mary Swander’s Buggy Land podcast:Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Read an excerpt from Chapter 2 from Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry by Austin Frerick. Copyright © 2024 Austin Frerick. Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington, D.C.. There is a template for the all-American business success story.
