The ABCD of food
We consume food. Food is the basic necessity that never goes out of demand. Food is essentially the most powerful commodity. So naturally someone who controls food, controls the world. But is it possible that food can be controlled? Something so basic as food which can be grown in your back yard cannot decide who is the leader. But there are some companies that have precedence over the entire food industry. The four dominant agricultural trading firms are the ABCD. They command the entire food industry directly and indirectly. The grain trade is capital intensive. They invest heavily in storage facilities and port and transport infrastructure. The commodity market kings - ABCD - are four diverse companies named: A- ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) B- Bunge C- Cargill D- Louis Dreyfus You eat their products everyday. The corn in your flakes, the wheat in your bread, the orange in your juice, the chocolate in your cup; all are the hand downs of these companies. If you