Beginning in the 1980s, America’s food supply started to undergo some serious changes. A few large agribusiness companies began gobbling up the little guys, which we were told would make food cheaper and more abundant. The reality 40 years later is that more Americans are “food insecure” than ever before.
According to 2019 data from the Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 35 million people living in the United States did not have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food that year. This figure skyrocketed even higher once the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) hit.
Because only a handful of large companies control the foods we all eat, price fixing has become a problem. Corporate leaders in collusion with one another jack up prices behind closed doors, and only a select few of them ever get caught – and the problem is only getting worse the more the food industry consolidates.