In the modern food landscape, the Krafts, Monsantos, and Archer Daniels Midlands are standing in the way of food democracy.

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The modern food landscape is dominated by a handful of companies that control the supply of most of our food. The brands that dominate the supermarket produce only a small number of foods, often with misleading labels, and have little incentive to improve. More important, they have little motivation to change the way they produce their foods - their profit margins are large enough to cover their "costs" for doing so.

Source: Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures In A Global Supermarket

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