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David and Goliath stories, from Big Food and Big Tech to Big Organic and beyond.

Why do Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars get the best real estate in grocery stores? Because they pay for it.

02.25.2021
Sam Bloch
Peanut farmers advance in price-fixing lawsuit against Big Shell
12.14.2020
by Sam Bloch
Fast-food giants gobbled up $1 billion in federal aid for small businesses
12.08.2020
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu
McDonald’s announces the launch of the McPlant—a vegan burger co-developed with Beyond Meat
11.09.2020
by Joe Fassler
Why Covid-19 plant shutdowns could make the Big Four meatpackers even more profitable
05.14.2020
by Joe Fassler + H. Claire Brown
Dean backs out of $425 million Dairy Farmers of America merger
03.26.2020
by Jessica Fu
America’s biggest dairy co-op may buy Dean Foods. Opponents fear a milk monopoly
11.13.2019
by Jessica Fu
Public science for private interests: How University of Missouri agricultural research cultivates profits for industry
11.08.2019
by Tynan Stewart
New federal report shows dairy cooperatives struggling with power imbalances and competing interests
10.29.2019
by Jessica Fu
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