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From truthout.org :

USDA Stocks Organics Board With Business Reps

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/122106HA.shtml

Food-safety activists are protesting the government's attempt to stack an organic-food advisory board with representatives of corporate agribusiness and food commerce.

Federal Subsidies Turn Farms Into Big Business

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/122106LA.shtml

The shift in subsidies to wealthier farmers is helping to fuel consolidation of farmland. The largest farms' share of agricultural production has climbed from 32 percent to 45 percent while the number for small and medium-size farms has tumbled from 42 percent to 27 percent.

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