Farm+Subsidies

The following are some of the issues surrounding farm subsidies. Bold terms are topics for those working alone. Those working in pairs should deal with all of the topics.

- what crops are involved in farm subsidies? - what are the political ramifications of farm subsidies? who supports them? who is against them?
 * - history of farm subsidies in the United States**
 * - what are farm subsidies supposed to do?**
 * Disaster relief, Price supports, and Controlling the supply.**
 * - who gets farm subsidies?**
 * Large, incorporated farms.**

A preliminary list of articles - this topic could provoke some argument...

Wikipedia on Agricultural Subsidy - definition and history Agricultural Subsidies - definitions of types of subsidies NYT - Don't End Subsidies, Fix Them Harvesting Cash - a series of investigative articles from the Washington Post Farm Subsidy Database - find out who is getting the money!