# Breaking Down the Barons: A Deep Dive into America's Food System with Austin Frerick

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Podcast: [Soil Sisters: Rehabilitating Texas Farm and Ranch Land](https://stenobird.com/podcast/soil-sisters-rehabilitating-texas-farm-and-ranch-land-6836185)
Published: 2025-09-24T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://txsoilsisters.co/podcast/barons-austin-frerick
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## Resource

This Soil Sisters podcast features Austin Frerick, an author and expert on agriculture and antitrust policy, discussing his book 'Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry.' The conversation unpacks many complexities of the American food system and solutions to break free from the current model. Austin emphasizes the power of our voices to usher in substantial food system reform through local and institutional channels like schools and hospitals, to rekindle traditional farming practices, and create resilient agricultural communities.

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