Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years. Sunday, December 22, 2024

Opinion

The Importance of MyPlate

The release last month of the “My Plate” by First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack comes not a moment too soon. Obesity has reached an epidemic proportion in the United States.
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To trade or not to trade

there are winners and losers in the short run, but in the long run everybody wins from open trade. Flinchbaugh and Edelman debate farm policy and trade policy
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Michael Pollan: In Perspective

Leading food aid and farm policy spokesperson, Marshall Matz, takes Michael Pollan to task for what his overly simplified cheap food policy suggestions would mean for the world's hungry in an Agri-Pulse commentary.
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Wind, Rain, and Fire

National Journal Daily it was reported that the Vice President’s working group had not yet settled on a plan to raise the debt ceiling while cutting federal spending
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