[UrbanCropCircle] Two infographics on the food system

[Michael R. Wolf]

In my work as a "data guy", I recently stumbled across these two graphics and thought this group would like to see them.

"Seed Industry Structure 1996-2008" Shows who owns seed companaies.  There are distinct colors for seed companies and pharma/chemical companies.  Monsanto, DuPont, and Syngenta (all pharma/chemical) are the big owners.

https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/seedindustry.html

"Organic Processing Industry Structure" shows which big processors handle the smaller brands (e.g. General Mills processes Cascadian Farm).
https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html

I've also seen some animations from this guy showing how the mergers occurred over time, but I don't have a reference for them.

Enjoy...



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