Monday, October 15, 2007

New York Times article on Farm Bill and Subsidies

See the article, "Today's Harvest of Shame," by Dean Kleckner, if it will let you persue the link. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html
He is past president (1986-2000) of American Farm Bureau, which I belong to. He thinks we ought to do away with subsidies, like New Zealand.

I am working on the book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma," by Michael Pollan. The reasons Dean makes for doing away with subsidies sound a lot different than author, Michael Pollan's explanations. Dean leaves out Cargill. He says it has something to do with competetiveness in the world market. I haven't figured it out yet, but I will be following this story.

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