A discerning eye on national and world news is called for I think. The tower is shaking for the ilk of IBP and friends. They may have won a short respite recently, but the signs of collapse are there. A brick at a time, the foundations of corruption can and will give way. It is my belief that if every reader on this list would encourage everyone they know to stay current nationally with the move against monopolies, and to become active locally in increasing public awareness, 'the Ilk' would fall much sooner than later.
Folks still have a hard time understanding the power of one voice.
I was talking with a producer Sunday who said she and her husband couldn't afford to go to meetings in town, or to the state capital, or to Washington. But she had the time to talk to me, and could easily afford a letter to the editor about the sad condition of agricultural producers and our encumbered free market system. What it comes down to I think, is we either stand up or we don't. We either do something or we don't. The only real risk lies in victimizing ourselves by doing nothing.