How Billionaire Barons Took Over Our Food and How We Stop Them

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How Billionaire Barons Took Over Our Food and How We Stop Them

Growing up in rural Iowa, author Austin Frerick and his family often drove Highway 151 to vacation in Wisconsin Dells. “You’d see animals, beautiful rolling hills,” he recalled. But now, that drive has transformed. Today, he doesn’t see animals in pastures — he smells them, as thousands upon thousands are packed and hidden away in factory farms.  “What used to be a two-lane road is now a four-lane road, and there’s no reason why it should be fou…