Agriculture and Food

Industries

Commodity inputs, branded outputs and enormous trading intermediaries; margin sits where information and logistics concentrate.

7 books

Start here

  1. The Omnivore's DilemmaMichael Pollan, 2006
  2. Fast Food NationEric Schlosser, 2001
  3. Merchants of GrainDan Morgan, 1979

Books 7

The Jungle
T1 The Jungle
Upton Sinclair · 1906 · The novel that produced US federal food regulation.
Open Library
Nat EliasonBenedict Evans
Merchants of Grain
T1 Merchants of Grain
Dan Morgan · 1979 · Cargill, Bunge and the private companies that move the world's grain.
Open Library
Mohnish Pabrai
Fast Food Nation
T1 Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser · 2001
Open Library
Mohnish PabraiKevin RoseRichard Branson
The Omnivore's Dilemma
T1 The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan · 2006 · The corn-calorie economy traced through four meals.
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The Fish That Ate the Whale
T2 The Fish That Ate the Whale
Rich Cohen · 2012 · Samuel Zemurray and United Fruit; the banana trade as empire
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Nat EliasonRyan HolidayAndrew WilkinsonEric JorgensonNick HuberPatrick O'Shaughnessy
Salt Sugar Fat
T2 Salt Sugar Fat
Michael Moss · 2013 · Product formulation as a deliberate profit lever.
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Grinding It Out
T3 Grinding It Out
Ray Kroc, Robert Anderson · 1977 · Insider memoir by McDonald's own builder.
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Mohnish Pabrai