Six bucks a month, that's the budget for fruit and vegetables under the proposed new Farm Bill. Two thin dimes a day for apples and carrots.
And that's NOT the problem. Actually, it's a huge step forward, beyond funding traditional, subsidized commodities like beef, eggs or cheese. The problem is, it's not cash or food stamps that mom or gran can actually spend at the farmer's market, it's a "credit."
So who takes those "credits"? Why, big supermarket chains, natch. A noble vision that should benefit local farmers ends up favoring industrial agriculture. Yuk.
