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31 Environs: Envtl. L. & Pol'y J. 1 (2007-2008)
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Perverse Food Subsidies, Social Responsibility &(and) America's 2007 Farm Bill

handle is hein.journals/environs31 and id is 7 raw text is: ENVIRONS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY JOURNAL q UCDAVIS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS U .o - C OOLofLAW SCHOOL OF LAW VOLUME 31 FALL 2007 NUMBER 1 Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Perverse Food Subsidies, Social Responsibility & America's 2007 Farm Bill Jodi Soyars Windham* I. THE RISE & DOMINANCE OF INDUSTRIAL FARMING UNDER AMERICA'S AGRICULTURAL POLICIES & PROGRAMS .......................... 5 A. The Rise of Industrial Agriculture ............................................... 6 B. The Dominance of Industrial Agriculture ................................... 9 II. INDUSTRIAL & ORGANIC AGRICULTURE UNDER AMERICA'S CURRENT FARM POLICY ..................................................................... 13 A. Industrial Agriculture - The True Beneficiary of U.S. Farm Comm odity Subsidies ................................................................ 13 B. Exclusion of Organic Farming From U.S. Farm Programs ...... 14 III. CALCULATING THE TRUE COST AND EFFICIENCY OF INDUSTRIAL A GRICULTURE ................................................................................... 19 IV. ACHIEVING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN U.S. AGRICULTURE ......... 23 A. General Trends in Corporate Responsibility ............................. 23 B. Organic Foods - Social Responsibility in Agriculture ................. 25 C. Ethical Dilemma - When U.S. Farm Subsidies Create Artificially Low Prices for Industrial Food Products ................. 27 V. RESTRUCTURING U.S. AGRICULTURAL POLICY TO ADDRESS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CONCERNS AND THE PROPOSED 2007 FARM BILL ....... 29 CONCLUSION - PERVERSE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES AND PROGRAMS PREVENT CONSUMERS FROM REWARDING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR IN AGRI-BUSINESS ........................................................... 30 A PPENDIX ...................................................................................................... 33 . Partner with Soyars Law Offices. Graduated with honors from University of Houston Law Center. The author would like to thank Dr. Patricia Pattison, Chair of the Economics and Finance

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