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Podcast: Julie Gammack's Iowa Potluck
Episode: Barons, a new book about the corruption of the American Food Industry
Description: Robert Leonard and I teamed up to bring you a conversation with Austin Frerick, an author whose book is being released this week.This work could change how readers view what is happening all around us. As Bob said in his introduction to Austin, the author doesn’t just offer facts and data about the consolidation of the food industry; he tells stories about families and how they came to, for example, be able to invest $300,000 in an Iowa gubernatorial race. Who does that, and why? Is there a connection between polluted rivers an...