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The Farm Bill

By Tanya Tolchin on March 25, 2013

Why Farmers Need to Be Activists By Tanya Tolchin Courtesy of Food Politic, Journal of Food News and Culture Many small family farms switch into gear in late winter and early spring to get …

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Subsidizing Big Ag

By Charlene Oldham on October 11, 2012

Small Farms Left Out of Farm Bill By Charlene Oldham When the first “farm bill” was created in the late 1930s to help family farms, horses and hand plows were as common on farms as Model …

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