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Stalking the wily multinational: Power and control in the US food system

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  • Thomas Lyson
  • Annalisa Raymer

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The ten largest food and beveragecorporations control over half of the food sales inthe United States and their share may be increasing.Using data from a range of secondary sources, weexamine these corporations and their boards ofdirectors. Social and demographic characteristics ofboard members gleaned from corporate reports, thebusiness press, and elsewhere are presented.Information on interlocking corporate directorates andother common ties among members of the boards ofdirectors show that US based food and beveragecorporations are tied together through a web ofindirect interlocks. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

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  • Thomas Lyson & Annalisa Raymer, 2000. "Stalking the wily multinational: Power and control in the US food system," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 17(2), pages 199-208, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:17:y:2000:i:2:p:199-208
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1007613219447
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    5. Thomas A Lyson & Rick Welsh, 2005. "Agricultural Industrialization, Anticorporate Farming Laws, and Rural Community Welfare," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 37(8), pages 1479-1491, August.
    6. William Lacy, 2023. "Local food systems, citizen and public science, empowered communities, and democracy: hopes deserving to live," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 40(1), pages 1-17, March.
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