2012 Farm Bill Resources
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EWG's Farm Subsidy Database
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2012 EWG Farm Bill Platform
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Farm Subsidy Research and Analysis
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Conservation and the Environment
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Crop Insurance – the New Subsidy
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Food and Nutrition
Must Read Research
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Plowed Under: How Crop Subsidies Contribute to Massive Habitat Losses
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EWG's Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change + Health
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Soil Erosion In Corn Belt Is Much Worse Than Official Estimates
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Downfall of the Direct Payment Farm Subsidy
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Shopper's Guide to Pesticides
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Defining a True Safety Net for Struggling Farmers
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Locking in Corn Ethanol Locks Out Alternatives
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Hot Spots in Emerging Global Food Crisis
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Members of the 112th Congress Who Collect Farm Subsidies
Blogroll
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- Huffington Post Green
- Biofuels Digest
- Civil Eats
- Grist's Food and Farm Section
- Food Politics
- Treehugger Food
- Green Fields (Des Moines Register)
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