farm bill
Rural subsidy law
A farm bill is omnibus legislation passed by the U.S.
Congress roughly every five years, setting agricultural and food policy.
Despite the name, farm bills cover far more than farming—nutrition assistance programs like food stamps typically consume the largest share of funding.
The bills unite rural and urban political interests: The new farm bill expanded both crop subsidies and SNAP benefits.
- crop insuranceProtection against agricultural losses
- safety netProtection against failure
- crop subsidiesPayments to agricultural producers
- organic certificationCredential for chemical-free agriculture
- SNAP benefitsFederal food purchasing assistance
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- agrarian policyagrarian reform, tenant rights, tenant protection, price controls, price floors
- agribusinessagribusiness, farms, corporate farms, factory farming, factory farms
- food policyfood policy, food stamps, food aid, food assistance, food security
- food politicsfood policy, food justice, food security, food insecurity, hunger
- government spendinggovernment spending, federal budget, expenditures, allocations, military spending
- farm subsidiescrop subsidies, direct payments, support payments, subsidy programs, income support
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