Big Agri Culture, aka [Agri Business]

for some horror stories on chicken factories, read Bionom Ics

the Farm SubSidy Database shows that subsidies go to Big Agriculture, not family farms.

The [Sugar Industry]:

protected by trade barriers (quotas) and subsidies

• *"The price of sugar in the United States is 40% to 50% higher than it would be without these trade barriers," [Scott Bradford] notes . "We're preserving the jobs of sugar manufacturers in the United States, but higher prices for consumers impose large costs on the economy."* (in the context of International Development)

• Summary of quotas and other barriers relating to sugar, other foods, garments.

• Cato Institute review of trade-voting record of various Congressmen.

In addition, the [Sugar Industry] has detroyed the FlorIda Everglades

• Subsidizing sugar through import restrictions, guaranteed prices, and non-recourse loans has increased sugar prices in the U.S. domestic market, and led to the direct conversion of over 500,000 acres of Everglades wetlands to sugarcane production. according to the [Coalition For Sugar Reform]

• list of studies

Bill Maher rant about [Corn Syrup] and ObesIty.

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