A Conversation with Dan Imhoff: An Introduction to the Farm Bill-Part 1
The 2007 Farm Bill legislation will cost taxpayers $90 billion dollars in farm subsidies, and will only benefit a small percentage of farmers. Indeed, Dan Imhoff, author of Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Food and Farm Bill explains, little money goes to the small farmer, and almost nothing to promote the production of fresh foods for healthy human consumption. How did we come to have farm bills that actually promote diet related illnesses? Historically, what was their original purpose, and how has the farm bill changed in recent decades? This is part one of a continuing conversation with Dan Imhoff that examines the federal Farm Bill program.
