> why couldn't they just phone up each packer and ask if that's what's happening?
And Tyson and Cargill will just give out corporate information to anybody who just calls them?
And Tyson and Cargill will just give out corporate information to anybody who just calls them?
Same with farmers. Whenever I called to talk about alternative crops to corn, wheat, and soybeans, once they realized I wasn't trying to get them to buy anything from me, they were happy to tell me about everything they were dealing with. Granted, it may have mostly been the coffee kicking in at 4 or 5am, but they didn't hold back about every pain in their ass from city hall to the capitol.
This is definitely true. But it's also true that key decision-making processes at large corporations -- particularly those that are publicly traded and/or concerned about regulatory oversight -- tend to be more controlled and process-guarded than your run of the mill farmer.
But people who work in a corporation, not a chance.