On this Summer’s Menu: A New Farm Bill

Olympic Games and U.S. presidential elections happen every four years. The Census is taken every ten. Farm Bills roll around every three to seven years, and it appears the next Farm Bill is in gestation right now.

So what is a Farm Bill? First, it’s about more than farms. It’s about farms and food, which is why IFT members should pay attention. The Farm Bill is a wide-ranging piece of legislation that bears on everything from the price of beans to the availability of food stamps to the funding fo…