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RSSInterview: Vermont Tiger's Geoffrey Norman on the farm bill
Wednesday, 05/21/08 7:49am and 7:49am
It expands the safety net for dairy producers when milk prices fall. It contains funding to support Vermont's food banks and food stamp programs. It even has money for farmland conservation programs to help clean up Lake Champlain.
Senator Patrick Leahy says the federal farm bill is good news for Vermont.
But Geoffrey Norman has a very different view. Norman is a long-time journalist and editor of the on-line journal VermontTiger.com. He says even if the farm bill does contain some good things for Vermont, taken in full consideration, it's anything but good.
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