A Conversation with Author Austin Frerick on Power in the Food Industry

The Des Moines Lyceum

Iowan Austin Frerick published "Baron's, Money, Power, and Corruption in the American Food Industry" to wide national acclaim. Join us!

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Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture, where school children ride trams through mechanized warehouses filled with tens of thousands of cows that never see the light of day. What was the key to his success? Hard work and exceptional business savvy? Maybe. But more than anything else, Mike benefitted from deregulation of the American food industry, a phenomenon that has consolidated wealth in the hands of select tycoons, and along the way, hollowed out the nation’s rural towns and local businesses.Join us Friday, September 27 for a conversation with the author. Be a part of the dialogue!

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A Conversation with Author Austin Frerick on Power in the Food Industry

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