Michael Pollan

And rather than do that, the president of Tyson writes this letter asking the president of the United States, who was Donald Trump at the time, to invoke the Defense Production Act to force open their production lines. And lo and behold, two or three days later, the president does it. The president writes an executive, signs an executive order written or drafted by Tyson and

And rather than do that, the president of Tyson writes this letter asking the president of the United States, who was Donald Trump at the time, to invoke the Defense Production Act to force open their production lines. And lo and behold, two or three days later, the president does it. The president writes an executive, signs an executive order written or drafted by Tyson and

And rather than do that, the president of Tyson writes this letter asking the president of the United States, who was Donald Trump at the time, to invoke the Defense Production Act to force open their production lines. And lo and behold, two or three days later, the president does it. The president writes an executive, signs an executive order written or drafted by Tyson and

opening up their production lines. And the reason we have antitrust laws in this country is to avoid concentrations of power. It's not just to protect consumers from price gouging. It's to protect the republic from overly powerful interests. And if you ever needed an example that we had gone too far in that direction, when you can have a company force the president's hand, and

opening up their production lines. And the reason we have antitrust laws in this country is to avoid concentrations of power. It's not just to protect consumers from price gouging. It's to protect the republic from overly powerful interests. And if you ever needed an example that we had gone too far in that direction, when you can have a company force the president's hand, and

opening up their production lines. And the reason we have antitrust laws in this country is to avoid concentrations of power. It's not just to protect consumers from price gouging. It's to protect the republic from overly powerful interests. And if you ever needed an example that we had gone too far in that direction, when you can have a company force the president's hand, and

And the Defense Production Act, you should understand, was something passed in the 50s, giving the president the power to force a company to do things in the public interest that they don't want to do. Like, say, a car company should start making tanks because we're in wartime or planes.

And the Defense Production Act, you should understand, was something passed in the 50s, giving the president the power to force a company to do things in the public interest that they don't want to do. Like, say, a car company should start making tanks because we're in wartime or planes.

And the Defense Production Act, you should understand, was something passed in the 50s, giving the president the power to force a company to do things in the public interest that they don't want to do. Like, say, a car company should start making tanks because we're in wartime or planes.

And basically, this was a perversion of the act because it was allowing the company to do exactly what it wanted to do. but using the federal power to do it. So all of this told us that the food system had reached a point of crisis in terms of concentration, and that was a reason to reopen the story and take another look at the food system.

And basically, this was a perversion of the act because it was allowing the company to do exactly what it wanted to do. but using the federal power to do it. So all of this told us that the food system had reached a point of crisis in terms of concentration, and that was a reason to reopen the story and take another look at the food system.

And basically, this was a perversion of the act because it was allowing the company to do exactly what it wanted to do. but using the federal power to do it. So all of this told us that the food system had reached a point of crisis in terms of concentration, and that was a reason to reopen the story and take another look at the food system.

Yeah, or meat. There are four companies slaughter all the beef. Look at infant formula. Remember that crisis? There are only two companies that sell all the infant formula. And when one of them had a contamination problem on their production lines, Mothers couldn't get formula. So if you had 20 companies or 10 companies, a screw up at one of them would not have affected everybody. But.

Yeah, or meat. There are four companies slaughter all the beef. Look at infant formula. Remember that crisis? There are only two companies that sell all the infant formula. And when one of them had a contamination problem on their production lines, Mothers couldn't get formula. So if you had 20 companies or 10 companies, a screw up at one of them would not have affected everybody. But.

Yeah, or meat. There are four companies slaughter all the beef. Look at infant formula. Remember that crisis? There are only two companies that sell all the infant formula. And when one of them had a contamination problem on their production lines, Mothers couldn't get formula. So if you had 20 companies or 10 companies, a screw up at one of them would not have affected everybody. But.

So it's the old adage, we're putting all our eggs in one basket and that's never a good idea.

So it's the old adage, we're putting all our eggs in one basket and that's never a good idea.

So it's the old adage, we're putting all our eggs in one basket and that's never a good idea.

Yeah, it's one of the saddest things. You see these creative startups doing healthy food or doing innovation, and they get gobbled up right away. And invariably, when they get gobbled up, they add to the amount of sugar in the products, which always increases sales, and add salt, and kind of destroy the golden egg that they've just bought.

Yeah, it's one of the saddest things. You see these creative startups doing healthy food or doing innovation, and they get gobbled up right away. And invariably, when they get gobbled up, they add to the amount of sugar in the products, which always increases sales, and add salt, and kind of destroy the golden egg that they've just bought.