You Are What You Grow

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The real price of fruits and vegetables between 1985 and 2000 increased by nearly 40 percent while the real price of soft drinks (AKA Liquid Corn) declined by 23 percent.

The Farm Bill essentially treats our children as a human disposal for all the unhealthful calories that the Farm Bill has encouraged American farmers to overproduce.

The public health community has come to recognize it can't hope to address obesity and diabetes without addressing the Farm Bill.

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- The farm bill. If only we could farm...never mind. I thought this article was about some other substance. Anyways, our country is fat and lazy we knew that but at least we have something to blame now. The farm bill!
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