Cy WolfJun 17, 2023
The Conversation U.S.

For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that will shape what kind of food U.S. farmers grow, how they raise it and how it gets to consumers.

And even if you don’t live near farm country, you’ve got a stake in the new bill – including what kind of farms and what kind of farming hundreds of millions of your tax dollars support.

#news #food #agriculture

https://theconversation.com/these-four-challenges-will-shape-the-next-farm-bill-and-how-the-us-eats-202555

These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and how the US eats

Even if you don’t live near farm country, you’ve got a stake in the upcoming farm bill – including what kind of farms your tax dollars support.

The Conversation
Jun 17, 2023 at 1:25pmWeb
Show threadsj_zeroJun 17, 2023
I, for one, am happy to see people who couldn't keep a houseplant alive telling farmers what to grow and how.
Show threadChristopher FailleJun 17, 2023
@TheConversationUS I have left behind my anarcho-capitalism. But this sort of thing reminds me how I got there.
Show threadSharon McCarthyJun 17, 2023
@TheConversationUS
Sure do have a stake! We are what we grow.
Show threadJunk ChiefJun 17, 2023
@TheConversationUS if most corn and soybean are used to feed livestock, does that mean that if the demand for meat goes down, the invisible hand will also drive down the price and farming of those crops?
Show threadstevenrayJun 17, 2023
@TheConversationUS I didn’t see anything about cutting subsidies to cattle, pork and chicken ranchers and shifting those resources to more vegetable production.