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Opinion

Opinion: Breaking Big Meat’s monopoly isn’t for the faint of heart

By Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest | March 2, 2022

President Joe Biden has declared war on Big Meat. Yup, Biden’s war. The president pinky swears new rules and a billion dollars in new funding will somehow end decades of what amounts to a meat monopoly in the beef, pork and chicken industries.

Agribusiness

Plagued by COVID outbreaks, the meatpacking industry could be forced to change under Biden

By Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting; Rachel Axon and Kyle Bagenstose, USA Today | November 20, 2020

While president-elect Joe Biden has not announced any specific plans to protect meatpacking workers, advocates believe there are things he could, and should, do.