I was dimly aware that our farm subsidy policies weren't just economically inefficient, but bad for public health, too. But Neil Sinhababu brings the point home with a
striking fact, namely that just
0.37 percent of farm subsidies go to fruits and vegetables. And here's the factoid in graphic form:
This he mentions by way of pimping for John Edwards' policy agenda for
fighting hunger and malnutrition which certainly looks good to me.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/11/overeating-fact-of-the-day/47118/
