Department of Agriculture Penalizes the Small Farmer
Alternate title: We Eat Oil
Or: Collusion Between Government and Corporate Interests Squash the Small Business Owner
The commodity farm program effectively forbids farmers who usually grow corn or the other four federally subsidized commodity crops (soybeans, rice, wheat and cotton) from trying fruit and vegetables.
NYT article here.
Posted by Charles on March 8, 2008 08:08 AM