Weather, Fake Food, and Farmers Losing Leverage with Damian Buckley
The discussion expands to international travel, homegrown traditions, and the need for cultural exchange between farmers.
The two also expose the growing dangers of “fake food.” A Bill Gates–backed company is manufacturing butter from CO2 and other non-food products, raising concerns about corporate elites selling food that isn’t real food. Trent and Damian stress how these schemes undermine farmers, consumers, and the integrity of agriculture itself.
The conversation then shifts to New Zealand’s Dairy Co-Op selling off its consumer business to a French company. Damian explains the reasoning behind the decision and the broader issue of consolidation in agriculture. Farmers are losing leverage as Co-Ops and once farmer-owned organizations fail to stand up for the producers they were built to represent. Together, Trent and Damian call out the growing divide between corporate agriculture and the hardworking men and women who actually feed the world.
