I agree that farm subsidies that benefit corporate farmed monocultures are misplaced at the moment. But so is the critique of this bill. Less than 15% of the $307 billion in the "farm bill" goes to subsidies. Most of the money goes to increases for programs like food stamps and emergency food pantries. Programs that have not seen any increases during the Bush administration. Subsidies for farms and direct assistance for hungry people are two distinct issues, lumping them together does a disservice to the necessary money that this bill provides and the good work that it funds.

See this article in the New York Times for more info:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/washington/20farm.html

Farm Suibsidies have destroyed our groundwater, rivers, lakes , streams, and oceans. Agriculture has eliminated hunting , fishing, crabbing etc. Farm Subsidies payed for the overfertilizing and farmers have conquered Washington in which heartdisease, strokes, breast cancer, blue-baby syndrome etc are here in Brandonville Schuylkill County Pa. and its all being covered up here since 1987 two years after a farm family with no love for the environment or there neighbors. They have intentionaly sprayed at my bluebaby grandaughters bus stop andsprayed homes here in which is on video to prove all the above since 1995. Lies all around the country blamming sewage when there is no nitrates in sewage unless it comes out the spicket. Our Grandparents fought for this country not to leave Agriculture destroy it. Farmers should be on the farm not in Washington and my Senators Casey, and Specter belong there also. My Congress Holden is antienvironmental and left our children for dead. Change in thiscountry is a joke because it has to start locally. The USDA gives grants and low interest loans to townships and municipalities for filtration units to filter out nitrates and other farm chemicals. Only in America this happens in which now our sewage plants will filter out the nitrogen ect. while farmers continue to overfertilize. People all across the country in rural areas wqill be left for dead like my Grandchildren who if they survived bluebaby syndrome attend special education and when they are eighteen they are preapproved for disabilty. Welcome to America .