This edition of the Food Show featured two experts on the Farm Bill -- multiyear omnibus federal legislation that covers commodity payments, agricultural land conservation programs, nutrition programs such as SNAP (formerly Food Stamps), and more. It is up for renewal in Congress in 2012.
Kate Welch interviewed Julia DeGraw of Food and Water Watch. www.foodandwaterwatch.org
Bruce Silverman interviewed Tom Laskawy, who writes on www.grist.org and www.thefern.org.
For more on the Farm Bill:
www.jhu.edu/farmbillvisualizer A nice graphic explanation of where the money goes.
www.ewg.org Environmental Working Group. Tells who the farm commodity money goes to.
www.sustainable agriculture.net National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
The show also included our cheese report, The Roquefort Files, focussing on meltability.
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