Getting What We Pay For (and Other Unintended Consequences): An Overview of Federal Agricultural Policy

Authors

MaryAnn Hayes, Maine Rural PartnersFollow

Abstract

The reauthoriza­tion of the Federal Farm Bill in 2012 means that activity is heating up to reform U.S. agricultural, nutrition, and energy policy. Mary Ann Hayes provides an overview of the Farm Bill’s history, its intended and unintended consequences, and what can be hoped for in 2012.

First page

66

Last page

76

DOI

https://doi.org/10.53558/MIZE2329

Recommended Citation

Hayes, MaryAnn. "Getting What We Pay For (and Other Unintended Consequences): An Overview of Federal Agricultural Policy." Maine Policy Review 20.1 (2011) : 66 -76, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol20/iss1/13.