More than 84% of farm bill related spending goes to food and nutrition programs like food stamps, not to farmers. Only 11% of funding in the farm bill goes to farm policies.
U.S. farm policy costs Americans just 2.3 cents per meal for a total of 6.9 cents per day.
--www.farmpolicyfacts.org
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interesting - I had no idea!
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