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Food Shortages Loom as Farmers Switch from Wheat and Corn to More Profits from Cotton

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Food Shortages Loom as Farmers Switch from Wheat and Corn to More Profits from Cotton

Brian Shilhavy, Health Impact News
There is troubling news this spring as many US farmers are switching from traditional food crops such as wheat and corn to cotton, which is selling at all time highs. Cotton today is seen to be a very profitable crop in 2011. This is troubling for several reasons.
First, as we […]

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U.S. subsidizes Brazilian cotton to protect Monsanto’s profits

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U.S. subsidizes Brazilian cotton to protect Monsanto’s profits

by Emelie Peine
Think Forward

On February 18, Republicans in the House of Representatives defeated an obscure amendment to the House Appropriations bill by a 2-to-1 margin. The Kind Amendment would have eliminated $147 million dollars that the federal government pays every year directly to Brazilian cotton farmers. In an era of nationwide belt tightening, with […]

Food Shortages Loom as Farmers Switch from Wheat and Corn to More Profits from Cotton

Traditional Agriculture

Food Shortages Loom as Farmers Switch from Wheat and Corn to More Profits from Cotton

U.S. subsidizes Brazilian cotton to protect Monsanto’s profits

Traditional Agriculture

U.S. subsidizes Brazilian cotton to protect Monsanto’s profits