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The sugar and corn subsidies (including corn-based ethanol) are the worst in their effects on the marketplace, IMHO. You are correct though; it may already be too late to "save the family farmer".
thenewgreen · 4572 days ago · link ·
The "family farmer" is making a come back through CSA's throughout the country. The farmers markets are becoming more popular every year. My cousin just gave up a pretty sweet marketing gig to leave Chicago and go live on a farm for a year and "connect". He's loving it.
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That's the problem though, isn't it. People want to farm good food, and the rest of us want to eat it. But we can't afford it, because the price of factory farmed beef and corn is artificially low. It should be more fair, especially considering the original intent of the farm bill was to help the little guy.