There have been high hopes that the farm bill was finally going to be changed to support local healthy eating instead of agribusiness but guess again. This post from Grist on the farm bill is a really good summary of where things are at with this huge bill.
On June 10th the U.S. Senate passed its version of the farm bill, a massive piece of legislation that sets U.S. agricultural policy until 2023. The bill is 353 days overdue, and lawmakers will still have to reconcile it with the version making its way through the House before it becomes a law. You may recall that once there was hope for major reform in the legislation: Strip away the subsidies supporting giant monocultures, and move that money to support the kind of farming that makes people, and the environment, healthier.
Remember that? Yeah, not going to happen. More…
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