Ep. 24: Clayton Tucker - Ag Commissioner, Food Monopolies, and Water Scarcity
In this episode of Mission: Texas, Kate and Alex sit down with Clayton Tucker, fifth-generation Texan rancher and the Democratic nominee for Texas Agriculture Commissioner — the candidate running to lower your grocery bill, protect Texas water, and bust the monopolies rigging the system.
We discuss how just four corporations control the entire U.S. meat supply, why AI data centers are draining Texas water and driving up utility bills, and what the Ag Commissioner can actually do about it. We also get into the immigration workforce reality, the 254-county strategy debate, and why the long game…
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