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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Farm subsidies database
  • Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:05:11 -0500

Interesting. I looked through it for my county which is mostly developed in and around Kansas City. I was surprised at how many there were. I quit looking at about 500 recipients. What good can be made of the information?

I wonder what effect there would be if small scale organic no-till producers were able to apply for a subsidy. Would the price drop for organic vegetables? It should increase supply. How would it cut initiative and creativity for organic growers? The best course might be to stop all subsidies, except for disasters. The CSA seems like an alternative way to help the farmer with the risk.

Marty

On 8/21/10 7:10 PM, mdnagel@verizon.net wrote:
Not sure if this had been mentioned here before.

http://farm.ewg.org/


Might be interesting to see what kind of handouts your local "farmers" are
getting (and for what)...


-Mark Nagel
Everett, WA
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