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Volume 20, No.4, Winter 2002

What's So Special about the Farm?" by PERC Senior Associate Peter J. Hill kicks off the issue. Hill explains why farmers have received such largess from the federal government. Then Dan Zinkand, an editor with Iowa Farmer Today predicts the demise of multi-billion-dollar farm subsidies and warns readers to anticipate what that future might entail.

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Blast from the Past

Linda Platts

Grain growers in Washington’s Spokane Valley traditionally burned the rubble on their fields after harvest. More recently, concern about air quality amidst the growing population…

Alligators Go West

Linda Platts

The high desert of southern Idaho seems an unlikely spot for fish farms and alligator ranches, but one ingenious farmer has made a success of…

Wastewater on Sale

Linda Platts

A tidal wave of wastewater from rapidly growing towns and suburbs is creating a headache for officials in counties north of San Francisco. Somehow, somewhere,…

What’s So Special About the Farm?

P.J. Hill

Why have farmers received such largesse from the federal government?

Saving Heritage Breeds from Extinction

Linda Platts

Kelmscott Farm in Maine preserves endangered livestock varieties.

Beer for Bessie

Clay Landry

Spent grains and stale beer make nutritious meals for livestock.

Facing the Future

Dan Zinkand

Multi-billion-dollar farm subsidies won't last forever.

If You Want It, Buy It

Daniel Benjamin

A market approach to conservation: Buy land.

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