Are 14 Percent of Americans Chronically Hungry?
Earlier this week, a New York Times editorial claimed that 14.5 percent of U.S. households are experiencing “pangs of chronic hunger.” This figure is based… Read More
Earlier this week, a New York Times editorial claimed that 14.5 percent of U.S. households are experiencing “pangs of chronic hunger.” This figure is based… Read More
Some congressional leaders have a shocking new strategy to force through a farm bill at any cost. They are threatening to allow the price of… Read More
Congress has been wrangling for months over how to trim the taxpayer burden of bountiful subsidies to farmers. Here’s a thought: Stop paying the dead… Read More
The federal government has spent more than $3 billion over the past 35 years to help multinational agriculture businesses with their overseas marketing. Taxpayers pay… Read More
Cartoon star Bullwinkle the Moose had a running gag in which he tried to pull a rabbit out of a hat and ended up facing… Read More
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Nearly one-third of Americans received government-funded food aid in 2012, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As Heritage Foundation… Read More
The recently defeated House farm bill was fundamentally flawed. The House can now fix these flaws by going back to the drawing board and developing… Read More
There’s no good way to deliver this disturbing bit of news except to come right out with it: Marty the Magician and others in the… Read More
The latest House action on the $1 trillion farm bill comes straight from the playbook “Do as I Say, Not as I Do.” House Speaker… Read More
What you are about to read is not satire or parody. The farm bill pending in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizes a new tax… Read More