Mutant giants -- Cargill, Inc. : the numbers -- Origins, organization and ownership -- Policy advocacy and capitalist subsidies -- Creatures : feeding and processing -- Cotton, peanuts & malting -- Processing : oilseeds, soybeans, corn & wheat -- Invisible commodities -- E-commerce -- Coming and going : transport and storage -- A typical story : Canada and Mexico -- Fertilizer -- The West Coast -- Rivers of soy : South America -- Juice -- The 'Far East' -- Seeds -- Salt -- Only Cargill's Future?