Most of us have virtually no idea of the behind the scenes shenanigans that control the food

you purchase at your local grocery store.

Hi, this is Dr. Mercola helping you take control of your health and today

we are joined by Phil Howard who studies food system changes with an emphasis on

visualizing these trends. His work has been featured in many prominent media

outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Trip, and he's

associate professor at the Department of Community Science, I'm sorry, the Department of Community

Sustainability at Michigan State University and he holds a PhD in rural sociology from the University of Missouri.

So welcome and thank you for joining us today, Phil.

Thanks, thanks for having me.

Appreciate it.

So you wrote a really interesting book to help the average individual understand what goes on behind

the scenes.

I mean they may have some idea but they don't, I suspect almost everyone has no understanding

of the depth of the corruption, the conflict, the conflicted relationship with some partnerships in the hidden schemes that are going on to essentially

control and monopolize the food system.

So what motivated you to explore this area and actually write a book about it?

Oh actually the name of your book, why don't you give us the name of your book?

Yeah, the name of the book is called Concentration and Power in the Food System, who controls what we eat.

Okay, so which is a pretty good summary of what the book's about.

Yeah, and the motivation, as you discussed discussed is these trends are really hidden from us.

So my motivation was to kind of uncover what's going on to help people understand who owns

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