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What Crop Subsidies Say About American Diet Priorities.

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"This fall, the Senate will have its turn debating and voting on the [farm] bill. ...Encourage senators to cut subsidies for unhealthy foods and increase support for fruits, vegetables, and vegetarian foods. Other groups, including the American Medical Association and the PresidentÂ’s Cancer Panel, are also calling on Congress for sweeping reforms"
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5 responses // What Crop Subsidies Say About American Diet Priorities.

  • http://www.mypyramid.gov/
    The gov't has wised up
    The gov't has wised up
    and figured out that there's not really one pyramid for all people.

    But they haven't gotten smart enough to realize that subsidizing meat at such high rates, when NO pyramid calls for that much meat, makes no sense.
    Tori
    • Tori
    • 10 months ago
  • Senate Farm Bill Draft Announced - Take Action
    Updated 11/1/2007: The 2007 Farm Bill draft is headed to the Senate Floor for votes:

    Unfortunately, this Farm Bill draft includes billions of dollars of subsidies to corporate agribusiness, while leaving family farmers struggling. Let your Senators know you support reform that reduces trade-distorting subsidies that put family farmers out of business.

    In addition, this draft of the Farm Bill includes implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), which would require that all farmers, even those who own just one cow or chicken, must tag their animal with an electronic tracking device and register that animal with a national animal tracking system. This expensive procedure will put many small family farms out of business.

    Please contact your Senators to cut corporate subsidies, remove NAIS and support increases in funding for Farm Bill for conservation, organic agriculture, healthy food and beginning farmer programs.
    marmalade
  • That's kind of insane....and yeah, why is THAT much meat subsidized?! Ridiculous.
    Tarapotamus
  • thanks for the heads up Marmalade!! The more I look at the subsidies for meat in that first pyramid it looks violent. That is a bunch of money to kill animals!!! We really do NOT need that much animal protein .....if any. If you look at "The China Study" it shows that too much protein (typical American diet) will turn on cancer cells. Back off the meat no matter what the government decides to do with it's subsidies.
    twodee
  • 75% of subsidies in the US goes to cows?

    WHAT? 3$ out of every 4$? WHAT?
    lfm
    • lfm
    • 10 months ago

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