Raw Deal: A Conversation with Chloe Sorvino on climate, capitalism, and consolidation in the meat industry

In this episode of Eat. Drink. Think., host Amy O’Neill Houck is speaking with Chloe Sorvino, who leads food and agriculture coverage for Forbes magazine. Nearly a decade of reporting at Forbes has brought her to In-N-Out Burger’s secret test kitchen, drought-ridden farms in California’s Central Valley, burnt-out national forests logged by a timber billionaire, and a century-old slaughterhouse business in Omaha.

In her new book Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat, Sorvino shares research on the consolidation and power of the meat industry and the backroom dealings behind it while talking with experts and those affected firsthand by working in and living near feedlots and slaughterhouses. In our discussion she shares some of the backstory behind these experiences and we talk about the connections between meat production, industrial agriculture, and the climate crisis, and she makes the case for urgent systematic change.

Get the show notes at EdibleCommunities.com.

Relevant Links:

Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Raw-Deal/Chloe-Sorvino/9781982172046

Chloe’s work at Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chloesorvino

Author website: https://www.chloesorvino.com/