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Michele Payn-Knoper's Blog – January 2009 Archive (1)

A Multi-Million Dollar Industry: Activism

Many in food production take the hard knocks for becoming family corporations with million dollar assets. Some activists, such as the Environmental Working Group, have even gone so far to list farm subsidies so everyone can see the millions brought in by today's "rich farmers." There's no list of input costs, equipment prices, explanation of how those assets aren't liquid, or the distribution of dollars between the farm gate and food plate. Yet, we frequently read "the greedy corporate…
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Added by Michele Payn-Knoper on January 16, 2009 at 9:00pm — 5 Comments

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