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16 years after Food Inc.
Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, along with bestselling author Michael Pollan, are back with Food Inc.
Two, a sequel to the documentary that sparked a national conversation about the economic, environmental and health impacts of our industrialized food system.
Food Inc.
Two focuses on corporate consolidation, which Schlosser reports gained steam during the pandemic.
He's been reporting for years on how a handful of companies now control our nation's food system, stifling competition in ways not seen, he says, since the great trusts and monopolies of the late 1890s.
His latest article for the Atlantic, titled do we really want a Food cartel?
Delves into how mergers and acquisitions have created a market that is inefficient, barely regulated, unfair, and even dangerous.
Schlosser has written several books, including Fast Food Nation, Reefer madness, and command and control.
Eric Schlosser, welcome back to Fresh Air.
Thanks for having me.
Well, you and Michael Pollan initially didn't want to do a sequel to Food Inc.