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HeadlinesKing Corn, Sexual Abuse Victims Confront Benedict, East LA’s Taco Trucks, more
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 | Tags: los angeles, construction, beijing, pollution, olympics, corn, sexual abuse, street vendors, clean electricity, pope, agribusiness, catholic church, sunlight, mirrors, yale, tacos | 1
Los Angeles cracks down on taco vendors, mirrors are the next big thing in sustainable energy, Yale grads release documentary on the pervasiveness of corn in American agribusiness, and more
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Headlines National parks 5-0, the Sesquipedalian spark of the Right, jailbirds, more
Thu, Feb 28, 2008 | Tags: meredith aska mcbride, democrats, police, austin, agribusiness, incarceration rate, park service, the scourge of liberalism, farm bill, sxsw, one percent, william f. buckley, jr. | 0
Dems work to keep subsidies for agribusiness
The negotiators agreed Tuesday to find $10 billion in extra money in a last-ditch effort to save the farm bill, once seen as an opportunity to reform commodity programs and divert scarce funds to conservation, nutrition, organic research and California fruit and vegetable growers who are locked out of the Depression-era programs. The money is needed to appease these interests while still maintaining the commodity subsidies. Yet in proposals…
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