The UN has provided a cover of legitimacy for corporations to capture the narrative and deflate public pressure Sofia Monsalve, Food First Information and Action Network “The UN has provided a cover of legitimacy for corporations to capture the narrative and deflate public pressure – it has not been an honest broker,” said Sofia Monsalve, secretary general of the Food First Information and Action Network (FIAN), a research and advocacy organization based in Germany. “The refusal to discuss major issues like concentration in every part of the food system, corporate land grabs, taxation and

“But the reality is most of it is coming back to manpower shortages.” “It’s been a strange period of time,” added Andrew Baird, the President of Conco, who knows all about labor shortages. Baird oversees a diverse company that offers concrete and aggregate materials for construction projects all over the Ozarks. But just like the general public he has to deal with finding enough workers as well as supply chain problems such as parts for his work fleet. “That’s true for the repair of trucks and equipment,” Baird said. “All the components that you expect to get the next day are now as far as