Agriculture

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio

Conflict of interests could fetter Farm Bill

by Andrew Branch

Welfare | The Senate passed its version of a new farm bill Tuesday, but a portion of the subsidy package threatens to kill the measure in the House as it did last year. The farm bill ties together two hotly contested social…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/06/conflict_of_interests_could_fetter_farm_bill]

Dairy cows

Raw milk law raises red flags in Montana

by Nikolas Grosfield

Health |  “Sunup to sundown.” That’s how Jennifer Holmes describes her typical work day on a Montana dairy farm. Holmes has been a dairy farmer for 15 years.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/raw_milk_law_raises_red_flags_in_montana]

Jeanne Kelly in Rockdale, a community garden in Los Angeles.

Cultivating an urban wilderness

by Sophia Lee

Food |  City-dwellers are transforming unused plots into miniature farmland

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/cultivating_an_urban_wilderness]

Paul Harvey and his wife, Lynn, in 1988.

The farmer in all of us

by Angela Lu

Culture |  Amid Super Bowl commercials hawking their wares with hot girls, voodoo, and low-brow humor, a spot for Dodge Ram trucks stood out for its ode to the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/the_farmer_in_all_of_us]

Bountiful harvest
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Bountiful harvest

by Timothy Lamer

Agriculture |  The rich will get richer under the new bipartisan farm bill

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/bountiful_harvest]

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