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The Butz Stops Here
A reflection on the lasting legacy of 1970s USDA Secretary Earl Butz |
Tom Philpott |
07 Feb 2008 |
Victual Reality |
| Industrial agriculture lost one of its greatest champions last week: Earl "Rusty" Butz, secretary of the USDA under Nixon. Blustering, boisterous, and often vulgar, Butz lorded over the U.S. farm scene at a key period. He plunged a pitchfork into New Deal agricultural policies that sought to protect farmers from the big agribusiness companies whose interests he openly ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Department of Agriculture, industrial ag, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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The Short-Term Solution That Stuck
Where farm subsidies came from, and why they're still here |
Tom Philpott |
30 Jan 2007 |
Victual Reality |
| Note: This is the second of a three-column series on the 2007 farm bill. The first article is available here; the third here. Fencerow to fencerow. Photo: iStockphoto Last week, I argued that it makes sense for society to support farming. Everybody needs to eat, and most would prefer to do so without devastating the environment or exploiting labor. Well, no one can accuse ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, Big Ag, Department of Agriculture, industrial ag, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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