Does The Farm Bill Need A Diet And Make-Over?

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
A cartoon consumer appears happy and healthy, eating a meal of fresh carrots, corn and chicken as the calendar cycles through the 1950s, '60s and '70s. But come the 1980s, a processed burger, fries and soda enter the picture, followed by a crutch, a prescription order and a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
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