Ashockingandunputdownableexpos矇oftheUnitedStatesmeatindustry,thedevastatingfailuresofthecountry’sfoodsystem,andthegrowingdisappointmentofalternativemeatproducersclaimingtorevolutionizethefutureoffood.PerfectforfansofKochland,TheMeatRacket,andTheSecretLifeofGroceries.WellbeforeCOVID-19sweptacrosstheUnitedStatesandthechairmanofTysonFoodsinfamouslydeclaredthatthefoodsupplychainwasdangerouslyvulnerable,America’smeatindustrywasreachingabreakingpoint.Yearsofconsolidation,price-fixing,andpowergrabsbyeliteindustryinsidershaveharmedconsumersandcausedenvironmentaldestruction.Americanshavenoideawheretheirmeatcomesfrom.Andwhilethat’shurtingus,it’salsomakingothersrich.Now,financialjournalistChloeSorvinopresentsanexpansiveviewofthemeatindustryanditsfutureasitsfundamentalweaknessesarelaidbareforalltosee.Withunprecedentedaccessandin-depthresearch,RawDealinvestigatescorporategreed,howclimatechangewillupendourfoodproduction,andthelimitationsoflocalmovementschallengingthestatusquo.AjournalistictourdeforcethatdivesdeepintooneofAmerica’sbiggestandmostvitalindustries,RawDealisacrucialandgroundbreakingreadthatissuretobeamoderninvestigativejournalismclassic.
