U.S. Farm and Food Subsidies: A Short History of a Long ControversyBerkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksSarah Ludington
Behind that false charge is theUS intention of "containing" Chinese high-tech enterprises. If Huawei has done anything wrong, it must be that it has been performing so good that the US cannot tolerate any competitor to its industries. Yet Huawei did not fail even under US pressure. In 2019...
aIn his view, the agriculture talks had been harmed by the five-year program of agricultural subsidies recently passed by the U.S. Congress, which he said was "one of the most reactionary farm bills in the history of the U.S.". Several countries have called for negotiations to start agai...
Investing in rural communities Vilsack has also been a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s trade policies, which he argues have hurt American farmers. Conclusion The Secretaries of Agriculture for the United States over the last 60 years have come from a variety of backgrounds and have ...
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The massive Delta Works, stretching across the islands of South Holland and Zeeland, was constructed following disastrous floods in 1953 to protect the Netherlands from storms and high water. Because the most productive farm land together with the most populous commercial and industrial districts lie ...
The ACA introduced a number of mechanisms, such as mandates, subsidies, and insurance exchanges that are meant to increase the coverage and affordability of healthcare. The new healthcare law also requires that insurance companies guarantee coverage for all applicants that fit within new minimum ...
Senator Milton Young (R-ND) is the first to speak out against Butz’s nomination, warning that the nomination was “an assault on the family farm,” while Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) expresses his concerns about Butz’s opposition to farm subsidies. Thursday, November 18th, 1971: Thai Prime...
who were accustomed to buying synthetic fertilizer, suspicious of any crop that reseeded itself, and dependent on federal farm subsidies, which penalized farmers for growing cover crops on fallow ground. Black Medic was a great idea, but it turned out not to be a viable business for the “fo...
Lipid-based biofuels, such as biodiesel and hydroprocessed esters, are a central part of the global initiative to reduce the environmental impact of the transport sector. The vast majority of production is currently from first-generation feedstocks, such