Austin Frerick

Austin Frerick is an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy. He worked at the Open Markets Institute, the US Department of Treasury, and the Congressional Research Service before becoming a fellow at Yale University. He is a seventh-generation Iowan and frist-generation college graduate, with degrees from Grinnell College and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Employees butcher pork at a Smithfield Foods Inc. pork processing facility in Milan, Missouri, on April 12, 2017.

“Fast Food Nation” at 25 “Fast Food Nation” at 25

A conversation with Eric Schlosser.

Sep 29, 2026 / Austin Frerick

Sysco Tractor Trailers

Tonight’s Dinner Fell Off the Sysco Truck Tonight’s Dinner Fell Off the Sysco Truck

Sysco’s market dominance means that something essential is being lost. As local businesses fade away, a sense of a distinct regional and local identity disappears with them.

Sep 15, 2025 / Austin Frerick

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