I was so excited when I read this I could hardly contain myself. No matter your politics or views on economics, what's going on right now with Agri-business is NOT healthy for America's food system. Through subsidies and ridiculous legislation, agri-business has tried hard to destroy the small farmer. We've been fighting back on a grass-roots level, but we're reaching a very important inflection point and without a fair playing field the battle gets much tougher (i.e. once small farms emerge from exemption limits, they are treated just like mega-ag). They haven't said too much yet, but they have said it's a major priority and are setting up info sessions across the nation to learn more - NPR Story
Submitted by masonarnold on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 8:25am
