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    US farm bill: the food stamp showdown

    May 03, 2018 3 minutes

    The farm bill, a giant piece of legislation, has major implications for federal support of farmers, food prices, food aid for poor people, land conservation, and what kinds of food are grown in the United States, among other things. 

    Q: How long has the farm bill been around?

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the first farm bill in 1933 as part of the New Deal. The Agricultural Adjustment Act was in response to rock-bottom food prices brought on by the Great Depression and was aimed at correcting a crop surplus. It paid farmers to stop

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