In 2006 the federal government gave $1.3 billion in subsidies to people to not farm.

$164.7 billion has been spent from 1995-2005 in subsidies. 73% of the subsidies have gone to the top ten percent of the recipients, large conglomerates.

People are going hungry, cannot afford to buy enough food, and food pantries are unable to meet demand. Most of your employees make less than a living wage and worry about feeding their family. The paying of these subsidies has not stopped small farmers from going out of business, it has not made food affordable, and it has not made food available to the poor.

The federal government is giving billions to not grow food and people cannot feed their families. Organizations need to be better educators to improve public policy that does not hurt individuals.

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