Tag Archive 'payments'

Jun 03 2010

Where do farm payments go? Now we may never know.

Published by admin under Green Food

by intern Shauna Nep
You may already be aware that currently, over 70% of USDA’s farm payments go to the wealthiest and largest 10% of the producers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice. The smaller farms and the growers of fruits, veggies, and livestock receive little support, if anything.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has [...]

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