Mar 19
How Big Food Stifles Competition and Raises Prices with Claire Kelloway ’16
Carl Talks
How Big Food Stifles Competition and Raises Prices
with Claire Kelloway ’16
Thursday, March 19
3 p.m. Central Time
via Zoom
Like much of the economy, shockingly few corporations control a large portion of food production. Corporate consolidation in the food system poses risks for farmers, workers, and increasingly, consumers. This talk will detail the ways food corporations collude with competitors and exclude would-be rivals to raise profits and cheat the public.
Claire Kelloway ’16 has reported on unfair and anticompetitive conduct in the food industry for nearly 8 years as the lead writer for Food & Power, a newsletter published by the Open Markets Institute, an anti-monopoly think tank. Kelloway’s award-winning writing has appeared in outlets such as TIME, Vox, The Intercept, and Mother Jones.
Claire won a 2025 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award in the category, Columns and Newsletters. The award celebrates a collaborative series between Food & Environment Reporting Network and Mother Jones, which featured Kelloway’s article, “The Farm Bill Hall of Shame,” along with “The Essential Workers Missing From the Farm Bill” by Teresa Cotsirilos and “Tribal nations want more control over their food supply” by Bridget Huber.
The James Beard Foundation Media Awards took place in Chicago on Saturday, June 14 and honored the nation’s top food authors, broadcast producers, hosts, journalists, podcasters, and social media content creators. The Journalism Awards specifically recognize works in English and cover food- or drink-related content which were published or self-published in 2024 in any medium.
Claire studied political science and international relations as well as political economy at Carleton.
Register by Wednesday, March 18 to participate in this Zoom event.
Cost: None.
Unable to join our live event? No problem — we will post a recording of the event on our Alumni Events Recordings page.
Questions? Contact Alumni Relations via email or 800-729-2586.