Read More: Hunger Continues to Plague Americans. Here's Why—and What to Do About It Op-Ed: It Takes More Than Food to Fight Hunger Intentional Inflation? In the latest development related to power and concentration in the meat industry, major wholesale food distributor Sysco is suing Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef for illegally colluding to raise prices and cheat ranchers. The lawsuit comes on the heels of the Department of Justice failing to win convictions against poultry industry executives over similar price-fixing allegations. At the same time, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a statement marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's work as part of the Biden administration's "competition council." In the statement, he cited recent actions to make it easier for farmers to report antitrust violations, updating enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, and funding for small and mid-sized meat processing plants.