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- An accessible, readable guide to the Farm Bill, one of America’s most important pieces of legislation
- Provides dozens of charts, illustrations, and photographs that convey key information at a glance
- Offers insights into the key debates that will shape the next farm bill
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Farm Bill Basics
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Front Matter
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The History of Food Policy
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Front Matter
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Key Policy Issues
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Front Matter
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Reforming the Farm Bill
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About this book
Readers will learn the basic elements of the bill, its origins and history, and perhaps most importantly, the battles that will determine the direction of food policy in the coming years. The authors trace how the legislation has evolved, from its first incarnation during the Great Depression, to today, when America has become the world’s leading agricultural powerhouse. They explain the three main components of the bill—farm subsidies, food stamps or SNAP, and conservation programs—as well as how crucial public policies are changing.
With a new farm bill just signed into law, we all need to understand the implications of food policy. What’s the impact of crop insurance? How does SNAP actually work? What would it take to create a healthier, more sustainable food system? These are questions that affect not only farmers, but everyone who eats. If you care about the answers, The Farm Bill is your guide.
Authors and Affiliations
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Healdsburg, USA
Daniel Imhoff
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Princeton University, Washington, USA
Christina Badaracco
About the authors
Dan lectures regularly on a variety of topics, and has appeared on hundreds of national and regional radio and television programs, including Food Forward, Bag It, CBS Sunday Morning, Science Friday, and Living on Earth. His essays and excerpts have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, and Atlantic Monthly (online).
Dan is the president and co-founder of Watershed Media as well as president and a co-founder of the Wild Farm Alliance, a national organization that works to promote agriculture systems that support and accommodate wild nature.
Between 1990 and 1995, Dan worked at Esprit International, where he was communications director for a team at the forefront of environmental product design. He received a B.A. in International Relations from Allegheny College and an M.A. in International Affairs from the Maxwell School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Christina Badaracco is a registered dietitian pursuing a career in nutrition to improve access to healthy and sustainable food and educate Americans about the connections between food and health. She is also particularly interested in researching the connections between diet, genetics, and health.
Christina has done clinicalnutrition research at the National Institutes of Health, menu planning and nutrition education at the Oakland Unified School District, and communications at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water. She has also enjoyed contributing to children’s gardens, farmers’ markets, and a number of organic farms. She contributes monthly articles about nutrition to Soulful Insights and has consulted on two cookbooks for the TransAmerica Center for Health Studies. She also has experience testing and evaluating recipes and nutritional analyses for food delivery and meal kit companies. She loves to experiment with healthy recipes in the kitchen and share her creations to inspire others to cook.
Christina completed her dietetic internship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She earned her Master of Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University, after conducting her thesis on sustainable agriculture and energy in Kenya. She also received a certificate in Italian Language and Culture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Farm Bill
Book Subtitle: A Citizen's Guide
Authors: Daniel Imhoff, Christina Badaracco
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-975-3
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Daniel Imhoff 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-975-3Published: 01 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, American Culture, Agricultural Ethics, Governance and Government, Environmental Politics