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STAT (MARCH 2025)

Interviewed in "Mayo Clinic’s Partnership with Dairy Poses Conflict of Interest, Critics Say" by Sarah Todd

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JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES (MARCH 2025)

Reviewed by Laurel Levin

 

UW-OSHKOSH: THE ADVANCE-TITAN (MARCH 2025)

Profiled in “Unpacking the Food Industry” by Aubrie Selsmeyer

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SENTIENT (MARCH 2025)

Quoted in “Could Checkoff Programs Be Next on DOGE’s Chopping Block?" by Nina Elkadi

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BACK TO THE PEOPLE (MARCH 2025)

Interviewed in “Big Ag, Big Lies” Nicole Shanahan

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CHOICE (FEBRUARY 2025)

Mentioned in “Outstanding Academic Titles 2024: Work and Labor

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FOOD & WATER WATCH (FEBRUARY 2025)

Referenced in “How Billionaire Barons Took Over Our Food and How We Stop Them” by Jeanine Scheffert and Mia DiFelice

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SENTIENT (FEBRUARY 2025)

Quoted in "Meat Industry Group Asks Trump to Deregulate Meatpacking and Factory Farms" by Nina Elkadi

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THE DEMYSTIFYSCI PODCAST (FEBRUARY 2025)

Interviewed in “The Secretive Dynasties Who Hijacked the Food Supply” by Michael Shilo DeLay and Anastasia Bendebury

THE MID-WEST FARM REPORT (FEBRUARY 2025)

Interviewed by Bob Bosold

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GLOBAL COMPETITION REVIEW (JANUARY 2024)

Quoted in “Biden’s Executive Order Changed the Conversation, Experts Say” by Kelly Lienhard and Anna Langlois

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MOTHER JONES (JANUARY 2025)

Quoted in “A Scandalous Reason Meat Prices Have Skyrocketed” by Miranda Lipton

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YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING SCREWED (JANUARY 2025)

Interviewed by J.D. Scholten

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CORN CORNHOLE CHAMPIONS (JANUARY 2025)

Interviewed in “Best Seats for the Billionaires” by Zachary Oren Smith

 

MORNING AGCLIPS (DECEMBER 2024)

Referenced in "Iowa Farmers Union Convention Strives for "Fairness for Farmers""

 

WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS COURIER (DECEMBER 2024)

Referenced in “Iowa Food System Coalition Discusses Corporate Power in Agriculture

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THE PRAIRIE FARM PODCAST (DECEMBER 2024)

Interviewed on “The Corporate Takeover of America's Food System” by Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher

 

WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS COURIER (DECEMBER 2024)

Referenced in “Food Drive, Book Discussion About Food Industry to be Held at Former Rath Estate

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POLITICO (DECEMBER 2024)

Quoted in “Is RFK Jr. Going Mainstream?” by Marcia Brown

 

NORTHSIDE NEWS (DECEMBER 2024)

Profiled in "Author Austin Frerick visits Malcolm Shabazz City High School" by Erik Shager

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BLOOMBERG (NOVEMBER 2024)

Quoted on “Odd Lots: Beak Capitalism, Part 2: The Chickenization of Everything” by Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal

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VANITY FAIR (OCTOBER 2024)

Quoted in “Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health" by Katherine Eban

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AMERICAN FARMLAND OWNER (OCTOBER 2024)

Interviewed by Dave Price

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CIVIL EATS (OCTOBER 2024)

Quoted in “The Fate of Denver’s Last Slaughterhouse Is on the Ballot" by Raksha Vasudevan

Reprinted in High Country News

 

CORN BELT CONFIDENTIAL (OCTOBER 2024)

Interviewed in "Is Grocery Store Price Gouging Real?" by Nina Elkadi

 

THE CHECKOUT (OCTOBER 2024)

Referenced in “Grocery Update #24: How Fairway Got Its Groove Back” by Errol Schweizer

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CIVIL EATS (OCTOBER 2024)

Quoted in "For Contract Farmers, the Election Could Change Everything—or Nothing at All" by Lisa Held

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NEW YORK TIMES (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Quoted in “A Good Reason for Rural Rage: The Crushing Power of Corporate Meat” by Farah Stockman

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KIRKUS REVIEW (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Reviewed

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CHOICE (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Reviewed by C. L. Lalonde

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THE GUARDIAN (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Quoted in "Revealed: the US Government-Funded ‘Private Social Network’ Attacking Pesticide Critics" by Carey Gillam, Margot Gibbs and Elena DeBre

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COFFEE INTELLIGENCE (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Quoted in "Thank you, Next: JAB Moves on From Coffee to Insurance" by Sarah Charles

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URBAN FARM PODCAST (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Interviewed by Greg Peterson

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RADIO IOWA (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Interviewed in "Iowa Native’s ‘Barons’ Book Skewers Corporate Greed In American Food Industry" by Matt Kelley

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WOI-DT: DES MOINES ABC STATION (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Interviewed with "Iowa Author Featured in Des Moines Public Library Fall Author Series" by Laryssa Leone

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CIVIL EASTS (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Quoted in "Can Lawmakers Really Tackle High Food Prices?" by Nick Bowlin

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DMPL PODCAST (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Interviewed by Aaron Gernes

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MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Reviewed by Margaret Hathaway

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THE MILLENNIAL AG PODCAST (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Interviewed by Katharine Lotspeich & Valene Cauhorn

Part Two

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MORRISVILLE NEWS & CITIZEN (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Referenced in "Cambridge Farmer Expands into Granite State Meat Processing" by Aaron Calvin

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INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO: EARTH EATS (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Interviewed on "Who are the Modern Day Robber Barons of our Food System?" by Kayte Young

 

EL PODCAST (SEPTEMBER 2024)

Interviewed on "E98: The Corruption of America's Food Industry" by Jesse Wright

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THE GROCER (AUGUST 2024)

Reviewed in "Barons: Analysis of US Food Industry Corruption Offers Uncomfortable Truths" by Rory Buccheri

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MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE (AUGUST 2024)

Referenced in “So Much Rides on the Farm Bill" by the Editorial Board

Reprinted in 70 different newspapers including the Buffalo News, Omaha World-Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Arizona Daily Star

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DES MOINES REGISTER (AUGUST 2024)

Referenced in "Why Is Cancer Rising In Iowa And Not Elsewhere? Look At Our Agriculture Practices." by Patsy Shors

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LITTLE VILLAGE (AUGUST 2024)

Referenced in “30 Tasty Tomes Recommended by Iowa Indie Bookstores

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DOOMER OPTIMISM (AUGUST 2024)

Interviewed in "Agriculture for the People" by Nathan Gates

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CHARTBOOK (AUGUST 2024)

Referenced by Adam Tooze

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WILLOUGHBY HILLS (AUGUST 2024)

Interviewed by Heath Racela

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AM950: DOWNRIGHT UPRIGHT SHOW (AUGUST 2024)

Interviewed by Philip Anthony

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AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: TRUST AND TRADE (AUGUST 2024)

Interviewed on "Why Is My Grocery Bill So High?" by Anant Raut, Evan Harris, Morrison Foerster, and Erika Inwald

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THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (JULY 2024)

Reviewed in “Diet of Despair” by Anne Nelson

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FACTUALLY! WITH ADAM CONOVER (JULY 2024)

Interviewed on “The "Food Barons" Jacking Up Your Grocery Bill” by Adam Conover

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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD SYSTEMS, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (JULY 2024)

Reviewed in “From Market Concentration to Political Corruption” by Leland Glenna

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INTELLIGENT MEDICINE (JULY 2024)

Interviewed on “The Corruption of America’s Food Industry” by Ronald Hoffman

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EWG: KEN COOK IS HAVING ANOTHER EPISODE (JULY 2024)

Interviewed by Ken Cook

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ENLIGHTENED OMNIVORE PODCAST (JULY 2024)

Interviewed on "How Big Ag Controls Our Food" by Steve Sabicer

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FARM JOURNAL (JULY 2024)

Summarized in "Exploring Hidden Forms of Concentration Across U.S. and Global Agri-Food Systems" by Stephanie Mercier

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RELEVANT OR IRRELEVANT (KALA-FM | DAVENPORT)

Interviewed by John Kealey, Rick Sweet, and Terri Toppler

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MORE PERFECT UNION (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed on “How Tyson Captured All the Pork You Eat (And Made Billions)” by Brooke Shuman

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BLAZETV: ZERO HOUR (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed on “The Predatory Monopoly that Will Starve Your Family” by James Poulos

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RANCHING REBOOT (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed on “From Robber Barons to Modern Monopolies” by Ted Alexander

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IOWA PUBLIC RADIO: RIVER TO RIVER (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed on "Iowa Farm Bill Debates Continue with No End in Sight " by Ben Kieffer

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THE NEW HOUR: INSIGHT ON BUSINESS (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed on "The Corruption of America's Food Industry with Austin Frerick" by Michael Libbie

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JEFFERSON PUBLIC RADIO (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed by "Forget the Calories, Think about the 'Barons' in your Food" by Geoffrey Riley

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BURLINGTON FREE PRESS (JUNE 2024) 

Referenced in “Stay Cool by the Pool This Summer y Reading These Books with Vermont Connections" by Brent Hallenbeck

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EDIBLE (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed by Amy O’Neill Houck

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THIN INK (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed in "Fight the Power… of the New Colonisers" by Thin Lei Win

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ORGANIC EYE (JUNE 2024)

Reviewed by Rich Wallick

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AMERICAN PROSPECT (JUNE 2024)

Quoted in “War in the Aisles” by Jarod Facundo

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ABC NEWS (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed in "Meet the Uber-Wealthy Families Who Control Much of the Food System in the US and Australia" by Fiona Pepper and Catherine Zengere

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BARN RAISER (JUNE 2024)

Interviewed in "The Book That Made the ‘Hog Barons’ Squeal" by Nina Elkadi

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PUGET CONSUMERS CO-OP (JUNE 2024) 

Interviewed in "Unmasking Food Industry ‘Barons'" by Rebekah Denn

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IOWA PUBLIC RADIO: RIVER TO RIVER (MAY 2024)

Interviewed on "Iowan Writes About Corruption in America's Food Industry " by Ben Kieffer

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​​THE LEVER (MAY 2024)

Interviewed on "The Lunch-Meat Mafia" by Arjun Singh

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THE ORGANIC & NON-GMO REPORT (MAY 2024)

Interviewed in "New Book Reveals The “Barons” That Dominate America’s Food Industry" by Ken Roseboro.

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INVESTIGATE MIDWEST (MAY 2024)

Interviewed in " As USDA Updates the Packers And Stockyard Act, Meat Industry Increases Political Spending, Lobbying" by John McCracken

Referenced by Slow Food

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MARKETPLACE (MAY 2024)

Interviewed on “How Big Food Changed the Way We Eat” by Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams

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FRUITLESS (MAY 2024)

Interviewed on “Food Barons” by Josiah Sutton

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NUTMEG CHATTER (MAY 2024)

Interviewed on “Who’s Controlling Our Food Supply?” by Phil Hall

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REVOLVING DOOR PROJECT (MAY 2024)

Reviewed in “The Villains of Food” by Jeff Hauser

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UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS (MAY 2024)

Referenced in “What Is “Big Ag,” and Why Should You Be Worried About Them?” by Karen Perry Stillerman

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ABC AUSTRALIA: LATE NIGHT LIVE (MAY 2024)

Interviewed on “Laura Tingle's Canberra and the Murky Business of Food Barons” by Phillip Adams

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CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE (MAY 2024)

Profiled in “Cedar Rapids Author Releases First Book on Corruption, Consolidation in American Food and Agriculture” by Elijah Decious

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NONPROFIT QUARTERLY (MAY 2024)

Referenced in “Universal School Lunches Could Improve Children’s Nutrition and Help Local Farmers” by Janelle Carlson

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THE MODERN ACRE (MAY 2024)

Interviewed on “348: The Not-So-Secret Corruption of America’s Food System with Austin Frerick" by Tyler Nuss and Tim Nuss

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FOOD & ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK (MAY 2024)

Interviewed in “Back Forty: Why Biden Won’t Get Credit for His Antitrust Effort in Farm Country” by Brent Cunningham

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FORBES (MAY 2024)

Referenced in "Lax Antitrust Enforcement Imperils the Nation’s Supply Chains" by Steve Banker

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LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS (APRIL 2024)

Reviewed in “Muckraking Mountains of Manure: On Austin Frerick’s ‘Barons’” by Devin Thomas O’Shea

 

THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE (APRIL 2024)

Reviewed in “How American Agriculture Went Wrong” by Helen Andrews

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REPAST PODCAST (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed by "Who Isn't Happy After a Good Meal? Austin Frerick and the Corruption of the Food Industry" by Michael T. Roberts

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MORNINGS WITH ZERLINA (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed by Zerlina Maxwell

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STAND UP! WITH PETE DOMINICK (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed by Pete Dominick

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DEEP MIDWEST (APRIL 2024)

Mentioned in “Values, Wise Women, Building Power” by Robert Leonard

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FAIR HILL FARMSTEAD LIFE PODCAST (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed “#27: Author Austin Frerick on his Bestseller Book Barons - Exposing Titanic Greed and Monopoly in America's Food Industry” by Judith Horvath

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MARBLESEED (APRIL 2024)

Reviewed by Lori Stern

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KPFA – UPFRONT (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed on “Austin Frerick on the Corruption of America’s Food Industry” by Brian Edwards-Tiekert

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REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PODCAST (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed on “Episode 114: The State of the American Food System with Austin Frerick” by John Kempf

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FRESH AIR (APRIL 2024)

Mentioned in “Our Fragile Food System” by Eric Schlosser

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THE JIMMY MALONE SHOW (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed by Jimmy Malone

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FTC WATCH (APRIL 2024)

Reviewed in “On the Shelf: Taking on America’s Grocery Barons” by Claude Marx

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THE SLING (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed by Kate Conlow

 

FARM TO TABLE TALK (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed by Rodger Wasson

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SLOW FOODS UK (APRIL 2024)

Reviewed in “Rich, Powerful and Hiding In Plain Sight: The Robber Barons In Farming, Food and Retail” by Marianne Landzettel

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FOOD FIX (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed in “In Our Food Baron Era” by Helena Bottemiller Evich

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ELECTRIC LIT (APRIL 2024)

Reviewed in “The Best Books of Spring 2024, According to Indie Booksellers” by Kelly Justice

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UMFM 101.5: TURNING PAGES (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed by Michael Elves

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BITTMAN PROJECT (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed in “What are ‘Food Barons’— and Why Should You Care?” by Charlie Hope-DAnieri

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AMBROOK (APRIL 2024)

Profiled in “Taking Power from the People: A Big Ag Playbook” by Sana Khan

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LAND & CLIMATE REVIEW PODCAST (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed on “Are Monopolies Breaking Our Food System?” by Bertie Harrison-Broninski

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AXIOS (APRIL 2024)

Profiled by “1 Big Thing: Fighting the Food Barons” by Linh Ta

 

LITTLE VILLAGE MAGAZINE (April 2024)

Reviewed by Kate Conlow

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FOODIE PHARMACOLOGY PODCAST (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed on “Money, Power, and Corruption in the Food Industry with Austin Frerick” by Cassandra Quave

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WHBF AND KLJB: QUAD CITIES CBS/FOX STATIONS (APRIL 2024)

Interviewed on "Iowa Authors Discusses Ag ‘Barons’ in New Book" by Sharon Wren

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BLOOMBERG (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “Odd Lots: The Mega Corporations That Control What Americans Eat” by Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal

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NPR 1A (MARCH 2024)

Referenced on "What’s on the Horizon in Hollywood?" by John Horn

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REAL ORGANIC PROJECT (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “Modern Day Robber Barons Rule Our Food” by Linley Dixon

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IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed in "Q&A with Author Austin Frerick on Farm Policy, Cargill and Food Industry ‘Barons’" by Madison McVan

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CIVIL EATS (MARCH 2024)

Quoted in "Inside Bayer’s State-by-State Efforts to Stop Pesticide Lawsuits" by Lisa Held

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WORT RADIO: A PUBLIC AFFAIR (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on "Truth to Power in The Food Industry with Austin Frerick" by Bert Zipperer

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THE HILL (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed in "New Book Details How ‘Barons’ Took Over American Agriculture" by Saul Elbein

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SUPERMARKET NEWS (MARCH 2024)

Mentioned in "Antitrust Expert Takes Aim At Walmart, Food Suppliers In New Book" by Mark Hamstra

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CIVIL EATS (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed in “In ‘Barons,’ Austin Frerick Takes on the Most Powerful Families in the Food System” by Twilight Greenaway

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AMERICAN PROSPECT (MARCH 2024)

Reviewed in “Who Controls Your Shopping Cart?" by H. Claire Brown

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BLEEDING HEARTLAND (MARCH 2024)

Reviewed in "Food Connects All the Dots in Life (A Review of BARONS)" by Herb Strentz

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GRINNELL COLLEGE (MARCH 2024)

Profiled in “MAPs at Grinnell shaped new book by Austin Frerick ’12” by Joe Engleman

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FORBES (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed in "Why Austin Frerick is Taking on the Grocery Barons" by Errol Schweizer

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GLOBAL COMPETITION REVIEW (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed in “A Q&A with Austin Frerick” by Anna Langlois

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JULIE GAMMACK'S IOWA POTLUCK (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “Barons, A New Book About The Corruption Of The American Food Industry” by Robert Leonard and Julie Gammack

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FOOD POLITICS (MARCH 2024)

Reviewed in “Weekend Reading: Family Monopolies Over Food” by Marion Nestle

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BRASS TACKS FROM RURAL IOWA (MARCH 2024)

Mentioned in “Our Book Meetings Will Address Corporate Ag Issues” by Barb Kalbach

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THE DAVID PAKMAN SHOW (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “3/21/24: Biden Crimes Witness Collapses, Haley Donors Switching To Biden” by David Pakman

 

FOOD PRINT (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “‘Barons’ Author Austin Frerick Explains Why So Few Companies Control So Much Of Our Food” by Ryan Nebeker

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FARM AND FOOD FILE (MARCH 2024)

Reviewed in “Meet the ‘Barons’ who ‘Corrupt’ your Dinner Table” by Alan Guebert

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FOOD & ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK (MARCH 2024)

Reviewed in “Back Forty: Barons Behaving Badly” by Bridget Huber

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DOWN TO EAT: A PLANET TO PLATE PODCAST (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “The Robber Barons of Today’s Food Industries” by Mary-Charlotte Domandi

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THE CHECKOUT PODCAST (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “Episode 171: Austin Frerick Takes on the Grocery Barons” by Errol Schweizer

 

WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU PODCAST (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed on “Episode 399: Barons! You Thought the Age of the Robber Baron Was Over? Guess Again!” by Katy Keiffer

 

THE DAILY YONDER (MARCH 2024)

Reviewed in “Book Review – Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry” by Sara June Jo-Sæbo (reprinted in The New Lede)

 

MILKWEED (MARCH 2024)

Reviewed by Pete Hardin

 

MODERN FARMER (MARCH 2024)

Quoted in “How Illinois Is Bringing Grocery Stores Back to Main Street” by Joe Engleman

 

CORPORATE CRIME REPORTER (MARCH 2024)

Interviewed in “Austin Frerick on the Corruption of America’s Food Industry” by Russell Mokhiber

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THE NEW REPUBLIC (FEBRUARY 2024)

Quoted in “The Academics Helping the Meat Industry Avoid Climate Scrutiny” by Jack McCordick

 

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (FEBRUARY 2024)

Reviewed “Must Read

 

BOOKLIST (FEBRUARY 2024)

Reviewed by David Pitt

 

MODESHIFT (JANUARY 2024)

Reviewed in “Austin Frerick’s “Barons” Uncovers A Second Systemic Farm Scandal – Antitrust Waivers," by Keith Schneider

 

FOODTANK (JANUARY 2024)

Mentioned in “20 Books Shaping Our View of Food Systems to Read this Winter” by Elena Seeley

 

ORGANIC INDUSTRIES (FEBRUARY 2024)

Reviewed in “Book Review” by Tim Marshall

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INVESTIGATE MIDWEST (AUGUST 2023)

Quoted in “Pillen’s Rise: After Building Pork Empire, Nebraska’s Governor Stands at Intersection of State and Ag Power” by Sky Chadde and Yanqi Xu

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NPR (AUGUST 2023)

Quoted in “Ranchers Got Tired of Big Beef Taking Their Profits. So They’re Starting Their Own Processing Plant” by Elizabeth Rembert

 

FARM AND FOOD FILE (JULY 2023)

Quoted in “Hemming and Hawing Avoids Tougher Action and ‘Us’” by Alan Guebert

 

GLOBAL COMPETITION REVIEW (MARCH 2023)

Quoted in “Agriculture Department Says Intellectual Property Consolidation May Harm Competition” by Anna Langlois

 

THE HILL (JANUARY 2023)

Quoted in “Business Groups Challenge New Rule Protecting ‘Temporary Streams’” by Saul Elbein

 

GRASSLAND 2.0 (JANUARY 2023)

Quoted in “Just Transitions to Managed Livestock Grazing: Needs and Opportunities for Change in the Midwestern United States” by Erin Lowe & Ana Fochesatto

 

SUPERMARKET NEWS (DECEMBER 2022)

Quoted in “Could Tech Antitrust Concerns Affect Kroger-Albertsons Approval?” by Mark Hamstra

 

CIVIL EATS (NOVEMBER 2022)

Quoted in “Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks” by Kari Lydersen

 

GLOBAL COMPETITION REVIEW (SEPTEMBER 2022)

Quoted in “Biden Admin Seeks to Bolster Packers and Stockyards Act” by Anna Langlois

 

BUZZFEED (AUGUST 2022)

Referenced in “These Photos Show Just How Miserable The Mass Flight Delays And Cancellations Have Become” by Adolfo Flores & Kenneth Bachor

 

POLITICO (AUGUST 2022)

Quoted in “Amazon Sees Opening In Baby Formula Industry Shake-Up” by Meredith Lee & Marcia Brown

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FARM BILL LAW ENTERPRISE (JULY 2022)

Referenced in “The 2023 Farm Bill: Farm Viability

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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS (JULY 2022)

Quoted in "Senate Democrats Produce a Far-Reaching Climate Bill, But the Price of Compromise with Joe Manchin is Years More Drilling for Oil and Gas" by Marianne Lavelle & Nicholas Kusnetz

 

MODERN RETAIL (JULY 2022)

Quoted in "‘A small indulgence:’ Keurig Dr. Pepper partners with Intelligentsia in a bid for premium products" by Melissa Daniels

 

THE HILL (JULY 2022)

Quoted in “Equilibrium/Sustainability — Predator Fish Penetrate Last Precarious Preserve” by Saul Elbein

 

FORBES (JUNE 2022)

Quoted in "Why The California Furor Over Humanely Raised Pork Matters Everywhere" by Errol Schweizer

 

CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE (JUNE 2022)

Profiled in “Molly Donahue, Austin Frerick vie for Iowa Senate District 37 seat to represent Cedar Rapids metro” by Marissa Payne

 

THE ADVOCATE (JUNE 2022)

Profiled in “Meet Our Champions of Pride for 2022” by Jacob Ogles

 

THE HILL (MAY 2022)

Quoted in “Five Things To Watch For In Next Year’s ‘Climate’ Farm Bill” by Saul Elbein

 

DAILY YONDER (MAY 2022)

Quoted in “Rural Iowans Rebuke Republican School Voucher Bill” by Bryce Oats

 

HOARD'S DAIRYMAN (MARCH 2022)

Mentioned in “WFU Premieres Film About Concentration in Agriculture

 

GRINNELL COLLEGE SCARLET & BLACK (MARCH 2022)

Profiled in "Austin Frerick `12 Launches State Senate Campaign" by Nina Baker

 

WISCONSIN EXAMINER (FEBRUARY 2022)

Quoted in "Wisconsin Farmers Union Takes On Monopolies, Lobbies For Change" by Ruth Conniff

 

CBS: LA-CROSSE, WISCONSIN (FEBRUARY 2022)

Quoted in "Wisconsin Farmers Union Film Decries Monopoly Control Of Food Chain, Erosion Of Family Farms" by Mike Tighe

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT (FEBRUARY 2022)

Quoted in “Rollups: The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm” by David Dayen

 

YALE DAILY NEWS (FEBRUARY 2022)

Quoted in "New Haven And Yale Community Discuss Rising Meat Prices" by Sanchita Kedi

 

CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE (JANUARY 2022)

Profiled in "Cedar Rapids Native Announces Run For Open Iowa Senate Seat" by James Q. Lynch

 

THE HILL (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in "Small Ranchers Say Biden Letting Them Get Squeezed" by Saul Elbein

 

HARVEST PUBLIC MEDIA (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in "The Feds Are Pledging $1 Billion To Put Small Meatpackers On Better Footing Against The Big Guys," by Seth Bodine

  

THE COUNTER (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in "Can $1 Billion Really Fix A Meat Industry Dominated By Just Four Companies?" by Jessica Fu

 

QUARTZ (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in "Can The White House Actually Do Anything About High Meat Prices?" by Michelle Cheng

 

THE HILL (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in "Biden Meatpacking Reforms Lack Punch, Say Critics" by Saul Elbein

 

FERN'S AG INSIDER (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in “U.S. Will Vigorously Enforce Fair-Play Laws In Meatpacking, Says Biden” by Chuck Abbott

 

REUTERS (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in “Biden Unveils Plan To Boost Competition In U.S. Meat Industry” by Leah Douglas

 

GLOBAL COMPETITION REVIEW (JANUARY 2022)

Quoted in “Biden Administration Directs Funding to Open Up Meatpacking Market” by Ben Remaly

 

NEW YORK TIMES (DECEMBER 2021)

Quoted in “As Prices Rise, Biden Turns to Antitrust Enforcers” by Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport

 

CIVIL EATS (DECEMBER 2021)

Quoted in “Taking Stock And Looking Forward: Food System Overhaul” by The Civil Eats Editors

 

NPR – ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (DECEMBER 2021)

Quoted in "Corporate Donations To Agriculture Schools Can Put Educators In An Awkward Spot" by Seth Bodine & Katie Peikes (reprinted in Investigate Midwest & Civil Eats)

 

INVESTIGATE MIDWEST (OCTOBER 2021)

Quoted in "The Iowa Farm Bureau Is A Small Nonprofit. It’s Sitting On A Huge Business Empire." by Sky Chadde, Eli Hoff & Mark Ossolinski (reprinted in The Counter & Daily Yonder).

 

DES MOINES REGISTER (SEPTEMBER 2021)

Quoted in "Why Labor And Food Supply Problems Might Mean No Bagels Or Costly Coconut Milk In Iowa Restaurants" by Elle Wignall

 

THE GUARDIAN (AUGUST 2021)

Quoted in “Meat Wars: Why Biden Wants To Break Up The Powerful US Beef Industry” by Sarah Mock

 

THE COUNTER (AUGUST 2021)

Referenced in “Tyson Has A Stranglehold Over Arkansas’s Poultry Industry” by Olivia Paschal

 

UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS (AUGUST 2021)

Referenced in “Tyson Spells Trouble for Arkansas” by Rebecca Boehm

 

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (AUGUST 2021)

Quoted in “California Voted To Improve Pig Welfare. The Pork Industry Is Facing A Reckoning.” by Natasha Daly

 

CHICAGO CRUSADER (JUNE 2021)

Referenced in “Will Veterans And Their Family Farms Disappear From Rural America?” by Brett Copeland

 

TAMPA BAY TIMES (JUNE 2021)

Referenced in “Here’s What To Read From The Left And The Right | Column” by Jim Verhulst

 

DES MOINES REGISTER (MAY 2021)

Quoted in "How A Four-Story Iowa Hen House Prompted Alarm About Giant Hog-Raising Facilities" by Donnelle Eller

 

BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO (APRIL 2021)

Quoted in “Rupert Farmers Allege Harm By Big Ag Companies In Antitrust Case” by Rachel Cohen

 

THE COUNTER (FEBRUARY 2021)

Quoted in “Information On Factory Farms Is Spotty At Best. The Government Has Been Hogtied From Doing More.” by Madison McVan

 

YALE DAILY NEWS (JANUARY 2021)

Quoted in “YLS, SOM Co-Host First Conference On Big Agriculture by Julia Brown

 

DAILY YONDER (JANUARY 2021)

Quoted in “Anti-Corporate Ag Conversation Moves to a Friendlier Venue: Yale University” Bryce Oates

 

IOWA PUBLIC RADIO (DECEMBER 2020)

Quoted in "From 'Feed The 9 Billion' To 'Trade Not Aid', Farmers Will Likely Reinvent Themselves Again" Amy Mayer

 

CIVIL EATS (SEPTEMBER 2020)

Quoted in “Iowa Farmers Face Climate-Fueled Destruction, While the Industry Says it’s ‘Just Weather’” by Aaron Calvin

 

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW (AUGUST 2020)

Quoted in “The FBI’s Decades-Long Fight Against Industrial Espionage Hasn’t Really Worked” by Mara Hvistendahl

 

WASHINGTON POST (AUGUST 2020)

Featured in “‘Iowa’s Katrina’: Help is Slow to Come for Storm-Battered State, Local Officials and Residents Say” by Annie Gowen and Frances Stead Sellers

 

LAKE PLACID NEWS (MARCH 2020)

Featured in "ON THE SCENE: Food justice is at a crossroads"

 

CIVIL EATS (FEBRUARY 2020)

Quoted in “The Farm Bureau Takes a Step to Shore Up the Struggling Dairy Market” by Lela Nargi

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS (DECEMBER 2019)

Quoted in “Buttigieg Leads 2020 Rivals In Wall Street Contributions” by Alexandra Jaffe

 

BLOOMBERG LAW (NOVEMBER 2019)

Quoted in “Turkey Remains Rare Meat Not Embroiled in Antitrust Probes” by Victoria Graham

 

CIVIL EATS (SEPTEMBER 2019)

Quoted in “A Political Movement for Food Systems Change Takes Hold in the Midwest" by Charlie Mitchell (reprinted in Salon)

 

WASHINGTON POST (SEPTEMBER 2019)

Quoted in “Power Up: Democrats are not only itching to break up Big Tech. Big Ag is also a focus of antitrust plans” by Brent Griffiths

 

CIVIL EATS (APRIL 2019)

Quoted in “At the Heartland Forum, Presidential Hopefuls Address Rural Ag Issues Head-On” by Julia Poska

 

BLOOMBERG LAW (MARCH 2019)

Quoted in “Pharma-Funded Charities Will Be Under Congress’s Microscopes” by Jacquie Lee

 

DES MOINES REGISTER (MARCH 2019)

Quoted in “EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Warren lays out plan to target corporate agriculture, support family farms” by Brianne Pfannenstiel and Kim Norvell

 

HUFFPOST (MARCH 2019)

Quoted in “Does America Want Walmart Milking Its Cows?” by Arthur Delaney

 

IOWA STARTING LINE (MARCH 2019)

Referenced in “2020 Dems’ First Big Iowa Cattle Call Is All About Rural America” by Robert Leonard

 

C-SPAN WASHINGTON JOURNAL (MARCH 2019)

Interview on “Austin Frerick on Agriculture and Rural America” with Jesse Holland

 

U.S. HOUSE WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE (MARCH 2019)

Research cited in “Health Subcommittee: Promoting Competition to Lower Medicare Drug Prices

 

WASHINGTON MONTHLY (MARCH 2019)

Referenced in “Joe Biden Needs to Catch Up to His Rivals on Antitrust” by Martin Longman

 

WISCONSIN FARMERS UNION (JANUARY 2019)

Panelist on “Competition and Concentration” at the Wisconsin Farmers Union State Convention

 

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS (DECEMBER 2018)

Quoted in “U.S. Taxpayers on the Hook for Insuring Farmers Against Growing Climate Risks

 

HUFFPOST (DECEMBER 2018)

Quoted in “New Farm Bill Won’t Save Small Farmers” by Arthur Delaney

 

NEW YORK TIMES (NOVEMBER 2018)

Research cited in “Corporate Giants, Hurting the Economy” by David Leonhardt

 

THE INTERCEPT (NOVEMBER 2018)

Quoted in “Attacking Monopoly Power Can Be Stunningly Good Politics, Survey Finds” by David Dayen

 

BUILDING LOCAL POWER (AUGUST 2018)

Interview on “Running for Congress on an Anti-Monopoly Platform” with Stacy Mitchell

 

THE INTERCEPT (AUGUST 2018)

Referenced in “Tom Carper and the Rise and Fall of the Delaware Way” by Ryan Grim and David Dayen

 

DISSENT (JULY 2018)

Profiled in “Trust the Base” by Mark Egerman and Sean McElwee

 

CIVIL EATS (JULY 2018)

References in “In Farm Country, Grappling with the Taboo of Talking About Climate Change” by Bryce Oats

 

MOTHER JONES (JUNE 2018)

Quoted in “A Democrat in Farm Country Hopes to Beat One of Congress’ Biggest Racists” by Brian Barth

 

WASHINGTON POST (APRIL 2018)

Research cited in “Mother, Wife, Million- Dollar Patient” by Carolyn Y. Johnson

 

BLEEDING HEARTLAND (APRIL 2018)

Quoted in “IA-03: Austin Frerick, EMILY's List endorse Cindy Axne” by Laurie Belin

 

IOWA STARTING LINE (APRIL 2018)

Profiled in “More Long-Shot Candidates Should Run Like Austin Frerick” by Pat Rynard

 

BLEEDING HEARTLAND (MARCH 2018)

Quoted in “IA-03: Frerick Ends Campaign, Greenfield Has Petition Problems” by Laurie Belin

 

KCCI-DES MOINES (MARCH 2018)

Interview on “KCCI Close Up: Third District Congressional Candidates” by Steve Karlin and Stacey Horst

 

CRESTON NEWS ADVERTISER (MARCH 2018)

Profiled in “Heating Up: 3rd District Democrat Congressional Race Expected To Be Close” by Alex Felker

 

GUTHRIE CENTER TIMES (FEBRUARY 2018)

Quoted in “Frerick Campaign Unveils Iowa Farm Bureau’s Climate Change Conflict of Interest

 

DES MOINES REGISTER (FEBRUARY 2018)

Quoted in “3rd District Democrats Agree On The Issues, But Offer Contrasts On Experiences, Approach” by Jason Noble

 

GRINNELL COLLEGE SCARLET & BLACK (FEBRUARY 2018)

Profiled in “The Grinnellian Candidate: Austin Frerick Launches Local Congressional Campaign” by Seth Taylor

 

IOWA STARTING LINE (FEBRUARY 2018)

Interviewed in “Ep11: 3rd District Democratic Primary & Interview with Austin Frerick” by Pat Rynard

 

BLEEDING HEARTLAND (FEBRUARY 2018)

Quoted in “Austin Frerick Highlights Another Iowa Farm Bureau Conflict Of Interest” by Laurie Belin

 

CIVIL EATS (FEBRUARY 2018)

Profiled in “Food and Farm Policy Brings First-Time Candidates to the Campaign Trail” by Leah Douglas

 

BLEEDING HEARTLAND (JANUARY 2018)

Quoted in “Austin Frerick Highlights Iowa Farm Bureau's Conflicts Of Interest” by Laurie Belin

 

NEW YORK TIMES (DECEMBER 2017)

Quoted in “Mr. Mnuchin’s Magical Math on Taxes” by the New York Times Editorial Board

 

NEW YORK TIMES (NOVEMBER 2017)

Quoted in “Ahead of Vote Promised Treasury Analysis of Tax Bill Proves Elusive” by Alan Rappeport

 

WASHINGTON MONTHLY (NOVEMBER 2017)

Referenced in “The Democrats Confront Monopoly” by Gilad Edelman

 

WHO-DES MOINES (NOVEMBER 2017)

Interviewed on “The Insiders: November 19th Edition, What are Congressional Candidate Austin Frerick’s Political Plans?” by Dave Price

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EARLHAM ADVOCATE (NOVEMBER 2017)

Quoted in “Frerick of Winterset Releases the Rurally Good Deal to Revitalize Struggling Rural Communities

 

THE INTERCEPT (OCTOBER 2017)

Profiled in “Anti-Monopoly Candidates Are Testing a New Politics in the Midterms” by David Dayen

 

IOWA STARTING LINE (SEPTEMBER 2017)

Quoted in “Austin Frerick Proposes Farm Bill Plan To Save Leopold Center” by Pat Rynard

 

KMA-SHENANDOAH (SEPTEMBER 2017)

Profile in “Frerick's Campaign Focuses On Corporate Monopolies” by Mike Peterson

 

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON (SEPTEMBER 2017)

Profiled in “Alumnus Frerick Seeking U.S. House Seat in Iowa

 

DES MOINES REGISTER (AUGUST 2017)

Profiled in “Democrat Austin Frerick is Running for Congress in Iowa's 3rd” by Jason Noble

 

IN THESE TIMES (AUGUST 2017)

Profiled in “They’re Hollowing Out Rural Communities”: Why We Need to Oppose Corporate Consolidation” by Emeline Posner

 

BLEEDING HEARTLAND (AUGUST 2017)

Quoted in “Austin Frerick Launches Democratic Campaign In IA-03” by Laurie Belin

 

DES MOINES REGISTER (AUGUST 2017)

Referenced in “Upcoming Mergers Benefit America's Farmers” by Don Racheter

 

BLEEDING HEARTLAND (AUGUST 2017)

Quoted in “IA-03: Austin Frerick Welcomes Fight With The Koch Brothers” by Laurie Belin

 

BLEEDING HEARTLAND (JULY 2017)

Quoted in “Meet Austin Frerick, Who May Run For Congress In IA-03” by Laurie Belin

 

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON (DECEMBER 2012)

Profiled in “Frerick Pursues Variety Of Policy Experiences

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