At the beginning of the
21st century, rural America comprises 2,305 counties, contains
80 percent of the Nation's land, and is home to 56 million
people.
Household food security—access
at all times to enough food for active, healthy living—is
taken for granted by most Americans. The struggle to avoid
overeating is a more common American experience than the struggle
to put enough food on the table.
Mark
Nord & Margaret Andrews
Managing Manure: New Clean Water Act Regulations Create Imperative for
Livestock Producers
Ever-growing numbers of livestock and
poultry per farm and per acre have increased the risk of water
pollution.
Marc
Ribaudo
Farm Payments: Decoupled Payments Increase Households'
Well-Being, Not Production
Nearly all industrial countries provide
subsidies to their farmers, often for the purpose of maintaining
income from farming or reducing income variability.
