Chloe Sorvino on Raw Deal

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(12-12-22)Labeled an investigative journalism classic Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat offers a shocking exposé of the United States meat industry, the devastating failures of the country’s food system, and the growing disappointment of alternative meat producers claiming to revolutionize the future of food. Well before COVID-19 swept across the United States and the chairman of Tyson Foods infamously declared that the food supply chain was dangerously vulnerable, America’s meat industry was reaching a breaking point. Years of consolidation, price-fixing, and power grabs by elite industry insiders have harmed consumers and caused environmental destruction. Americans have no idea where their meat comes from. And while that’s hurting us, it’s also making others rich. Join us when financial journalist Chloe Sorvino presents an expansive view of the meat industry with in-depth research. Sorvino investigates corporate greed, how climate change will upend our food production, and the limitations of local movements challenging the status quo, on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.