rural economies

Crop Insurance: Let the New Generation of Farmers In

January 23, 2015
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
agriculture policy, beginning farmers, Conversations with the Land, crop insurance, Jim VanDerPol, Land Stewaradship Project, Land Stewardship Project, rural economies, USDA

By Jim VanDerPol The Land Stewardship Project recently published a three-part expose of the federal crop insurance program. The white papers are titled: “Crop Insurance-the Corporate Connection,” “Crop Insurance Ensures the Big…