At the intersection of the growing national conversation about our food system and the long-running debate about the US government's role in society is the complex farm bill. In The Fault Lines of Farm Policy Jonathan Coppess analyses the legislative and political history of the farm bill, including the evolution of congressional politics for farm policy.
At the intersection of the growing national conversation about our food system and the long-running debate about the US government's role in society i...
The United States spends approximately $5 billion each year on federal programs designed to conserve natural resources and address the environmental consequences of modern agricultural production. Like farm policy, agricultural conservation policy is rooted in the Roosevelt administration’s New Deal efforts of the 1930s. Farm conservation policy has waxed and waned since then, related to fluctuating economic and environmental concerns. In Between Soil and Society Jonathan Coppess traces the history and development of U.S. conservation policy, especially as it compares to and interacts...
The United States spends approximately $5 billion each year on federal programs designed to conserve natural resources and address the environmental c...
