CellWell record HH-1720
A Reflection on the Lasting Legacy of 1970s USDA Secretary Earl Butz
T. Philpott
Grist, Feb ยท 2008
In plain language
Grist reports Earl Butz's 1970s USDA policy urged farmers to plant 'fence row to fence row' and 'get big or get out,' driving debt-fueled overproduction that collapsed into the 1980s farm crisis and built today's cheap-commodity, feedlot-based food system.
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