Invasive Species
Hog Farming
In a little over a decade the U.S. has seen a massive shift in the agricultural economy from smaller, family owned farms to larger corporate farms. This has lead to many families that once relied on farming being forced to sell their farms to larger corporate farms and sometimes leaves families impoverished. As these corporations have grown more powerful economically they have also grown more powerful politically. Some corporate farmers have used this power to get laws and regulations passed that allow them to operate in ways that are extremely harmful to the environment and the surrounding comunities. These corporations have been receiving most of the government subsidies for farmers and thus president Bush has proposed an agricultural reform bill that would cut government subsidies to any farm that makes more than $200,000 of income a year. Although Bush’s main reason for proposing this bill is because of economic concerns it could possibly have a positive impact......
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