Christopher Leonard

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Christopher Leonard
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Featured Publications

Publications

• in the news | June 11, 2014 | Fellows

  Americans Have Never Had So Few Options in Deciding What Company Makes Their Meat

  Christopher Leonard

  Americans, as it turns out, have actually never had so few options in deciding what company makes their meat. "The US meat industry is more consoli...
• in the news | June 09, 2014 | Fellows

  Tyson Foods Wins Hillshire, Eyes Breakfast Growth

  Christopher Leonard

  Christopher Leonard, author of the recently released book “The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business”, said the merger would ...
• in the news | May 30, 2014 | Fellows

  Tyson Enters Bidding For Hillshire Brands With $6.1 Billion Offer

  Christopher Leonard

  "Consumers already have limited choices in the meat aisle of the grocery store," said Christopher Leonard, a fellow at the New America Foundation a...
• book | February 12, 2014 |

  The Meat Racket

  The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business

  Christopher Leonard

  An investigative journalist takes you inside the corporate meat industry—a shocking, in-depth report every American should read. How much do you kn...
• podcast | May 31, 2013 |

  In The Tank: Bacon, China and the American Farmer

  Christopher Leonard Fuzz Hogan Lina Khan

  What does it mean when a Chinese company buys Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the U.S.? This podcast has all the answers. Chris Leon...