While I appreciate the article, it seems analogous to asking, was there ever really a "drug dealing conspiracy"? When you have an industry worth hundreds of billions, individuals will "collaborate" and "market" their interests in the most "effective" way possible.
If you doubt that a conspiracy exists, watch Fed Up narrated by Katie Couric. If Michelle Obama, as the First Lady to the President of the United States, can't reform the food industry without serious pressure on her, causing her to modify her stance, then yes there is a real sinister force promoting cheap, profitable food that happens to be carbohydrate-based.
If you doubt that a conspiracy exists, watch Fed Up narrated by Katie Couric. If Michelle Obama, as the First Lady to the President of the United States, can't reform the food industry without serious pressure on her, causing her to modify her stance, then yes there is a real sinister force promoting cheap, profitable food that happens to be carbohydrate-based.