The institutionalized mendacity of the farm bill has been documented many places, but a Minnesota farmer has gotten another swipe in, in the New York Times, no less. Jack Hedin, a small fruit and vegetable farmer in Rushton, MN, has an op ed in Saturday's NYT decrying the influence of the large national fruit and vegetable growers, who have built into the new farm bill significant legal barriers to entry for smaller farmers.
For more on the farm bill, here's a link to a blog by Phil Fraas, a Washington agricultural attorney and veteran of six previous Farm Bills.
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