Food and Social Policy, I: Proceedings of the 1976 Midwestern Food and Social Policy Conference, Volume 1Gary H. Koerselman, Kay E. Dull Iowa State University Press, 1978 - 400 pages Food and the future of civilization; Generalists and specialists; Corporate agriculture and the family farm; The question of triage - Who shall die?; The role of food in foreign affairs; Food as the foundation of civilization; food and celebration; Intraindustrial communications in agribusiness; Feeding animals versus feeding people; Agricultural policy for the United States; Feasibility of a food reserve system; Farm-retail price spread; Closed cities issue; Grain spection; Regulation and the market system; Research and education in agriculture; Urban expansion versus black soil. |
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... USDA and the grain giants , the upper echelon at USDA is in the pocket of the grain trade . This has been well docu- mented in recent years . What about the grain trade then ? How does the grain trade get and keep the attention of the USDA ...
... USDA and the grain giants , the upper echelon at USDA is in the pocket of the grain trade . This has been well docu- mented in recent years . What about the grain trade then ? How does the grain trade get and keep the attention of the USDA ...
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... USDA can initiate legisla- tion ( as we did ) but we cannot act without a congressional man- date . Like any highly technical body of material that is delib- erated between two parties , the bill is a compromise . It is neither the ...
... USDA can initiate legisla- tion ( as we did ) but we cannot act without a congressional man- date . Like any highly technical body of material that is delib- erated between two parties , the bill is a compromise . It is neither the ...
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... USDA's traditional lack of concern over urban expan- sion and its reluctance to advocate preserving agricultural ... USDA in 1975 , and one of the conclusions reached by the participants was that the USDA should begin assuming an ...
... USDA's traditional lack of concern over urban expan- sion and its reluctance to advocate preserving agricultural ... USDA in 1975 , and one of the conclusions reached by the participants was that the USDA should begin assuming an ...
Contents
2 GENERALISTS AND SPECIALISTS | 37 |
3 CORPORATE AGRICULTURE AND THE FAMILY FARM | 46 |
Oren Lee Staley president 195576 National | 66 |
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