📚 Just finished reading Jennifer Clapp’s brilliant book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture.” Clapp offers a compelling historical account of how agricultural input markets — machinery, seeds… | Jeroen Candel

📚 Just finished reading Jennifer Clapp’s brilliant book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture.” Clapp offers a compelling historical account of how agricultural input markets — machinery, seeds, pesticides, and fertilizer — have evolved toward extreme market concentration. She traces this trajectory through the interaction of three forms of power: 💥 the power to shape markets 🔬 the power to shape technology 🏛️ the power to shape policy and governance The result, as she convincingly argues, is a system locked into unsustainable and inequitable patterns, where farmer agency and choice are constrained, food prices rise, genuine innovation is stifled, and democracy itself is undermined. Clapp doesn’t stop at diagnosis. She calls for: ✅ Stronger competition policies ✅ Measures to curb political influence ✅ Public investment in alternative agricultural models This is essential reading for anyone working toward a more sustainable and just food system! 🌱