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Here's a snapshot of the state of the food business today: Four companies control 80 percent of U.S. beef packing, five control 75 percent of the global grain trade, and five control 64 percent of the global agricultural chemical market. All this consolidation has been disastrous for many rural communities.
Farmers still holding onto the industrial system find themselves on a treadmill, forced to purchase seeds, pesticides and fertilizer from the agribusiness giants every year. And as farm sizes increase, community health takes a dismal turn: there’s less employment, more absentee ownership, and higher levels of poverty. It’s no wonder farmers are having a tough time when they receive just 21 cents of your food dollar -- the rest goes to advertising, distribution, and middlemen.
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