More than money: The monopoly on meat
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Rebroadcast: Our series "More than money" is an exploration of the hidden power of monopolies in the U.S.
Part I looks at how corporate monopolies dominate the beef industry.
"It's failed consumers on one end of the supply chain, and it's failed the American family farmer and rancher on the other." Bill Bullard, Claire Kelloway and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
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| 0:00.0 | There's a small Montana town that's as small as it gets. |
| 0:11.8 | Population 110 to be exact. |
| 0:14.3 | No stores or restaurants, the only business in town is the post office. |
| 0:19.6 | But it does have lots of grassland. |
| 0:24.5 | And... |
| 0:25.5 | In a state like Montana, there's more cows than people. |
| 0:31.0 | Jeannie Alderson is a fourth-generation rancher. |
| 0:34.3 | She grew up in that tiny town, Bernie in southeastern Montana. |
| 0:40.5 | We're on our ranch today. |
| 0:48.6 | It's at the confluence of two creeks, which is really special. |
| 0:51.4 | That means we've got water. |
| 0:52.4 | This is the high northern plains kind of terrain. |
| 0:56.4 | Wonderful grasslands, but it's dry. |
| 0:59.0 | We only get nine to thirty. |
| 1:00.3 | Jeannie's family has owned the Bone Brothers Ranch since 1889, more than 130 years. |
| 1:07.7 | Ranching is what this community is and it's who we are. |
| 1:11.6 | She's wondering though, how long will it stay that way? |
| 1:15.6 | Ever since Jeannie took over the family business, she's seen things change and rapidly. |
| 1:22.2 | You know, when I was growing up, there were two little grocery stores in this town. |
| 1:27.4 | And now all you can buy in Bernie is a stand. |
| 1:32.1 | This is on point. |
| 1:33.1 | I'm Megna Chacrabardi. |
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