FARM BILL BREAKDOWN

UNDERSTANDING THE MASSIVE IMPACTS OF HUNTING ACCESS & HABITAT IN THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

ANDREW MCKEAN

YOU COULD think of the federal Farm Bill as a $20 truck stop steak, the one you get for free if you eat it all in one indigestive sitting. This omnibus bill, which directs national agriculture and food-security policies and appropriations in five-year increments, is intimidatingly big, with more gristle and rind than choice chop, and it’s served with so many garnishes and gratuitous starches that it resists easy consumption. But that image of a big, regrettable meal isn’t quite accurate. The Farm Bill is more like a tasting flight of smaller plates, each with its own flavor and purpose that combine to deliver a multiple course of federal agricultural policy not only in farm country but in school lunchrooms, grocery stores, and export grain terminals in our largest shipping ports.…

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Gun Dog (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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