Episode #290 Zephyr Teachout: Reorganizing Food Systems For Real Food

Zephyr Teachout argues that reorganizing food systems requires confronting the concentrated corporate power that controls grocery shelves, distribution networks, farm equipment, data, pricing, and access to markets. When companies such as Amazon, Walmart, and Instacart dominate food distributors and become private regulators, they decide which products reach consumers and which farmers survive. Drawing inspiration from the farmers’ movements of the 19th century, Zephyr explains how education, unlikely alliances, and democratic action can begin moving food and economic power back into local hands.