Feb
14
2012
Agriculture Government Subsidies
Subsidizing Biotech and Big Ag, Informational Video
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Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill $12.02 Every five years, the U.S. Congress passes a little understood legislation called the Farm Bill. Primarily accountable for setting the budgets and work plans for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Farm Bill is anything but bureaucratic trivia. It is an essential economic and policy engine that drives the food and farming system and provides nutritional assistance to tens of millions of Americ… |
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The Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) $80.00 Using economic models and empirical analysis, this volume examines a wide range of agricultural and biofuel policy issues and their effects on American agricultural and related agrarian insurance markets. Beginning with a look at the distribution of funds by insurance programsâcreated to support farmers but often benefiting crop processors insteadâthe book then examines the demand f… |
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Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to a Food and Farm Bill $5.98 The Farm Bill is perhaps the single most significant land use legislation enacted in the United States, yet many citizens remain unaware of its power and scope. With subsidies ballooning toward $25 billion dollars per year, the Farm Bill largely dictates who grows what crops, on what acreage, and under what conditions–all with major impacts on the country’s rural economies, health and nutrition, … |
