Comments on: Demystifying the US Farm Bill

By: kenneth carrio

kenneth carrio — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 17:25:25 +0000

For clarity can the SNAP program be set aside and become it’s own bill – outside of the farm bill. Remove the stigma of being a entitlement program and become more of a farm program

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:48:56 +0000

Farmers are selling what they produce (milk, meat, grain, etc.) for less than the cost of production but food is still so expensive relative to incomes that 75% of the farm bill budget goes to supplemental nutrition – providing food for people who cannot afford to buy it. This tells me that the real problem is big business. Big agribusiness companies that raise the price of packaged foods in the supermarkets while cutting what they pay the farmer, and companies of all types who pay their employees too little to actually live on. We won’t have a sustainable food system until this problem is acknowledged and solved.

By: Bob Gordon

Bob Gordon — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:58:05 +0000

Thanks, Miranda & modernfarmer! i hope this article on the “Farm Bill” and the related articles listed beneath it will get folks thinking, conversing + acting for the future of America.
Widespread large-scale farming practices have been spiraling out of control. It’s time for a complete rethink.
gO FOR IT
CHEERS
Bob

By: Jim Woodall

Jim Woodall — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:36:13 +0000

A farmer once told me the reason that folks paint the American flag on their barns (as in the photo above this article) is to reassure passersby that they haven’t accidentally driven to Australia.