Farm and Food Policies for a Sustainable Future

Authors

John Ikerd

Abstract

United States government policies have incentivized and supported the unsustainable agri-food system of the present and fundamental changes in farm and food policies will be necessary for a sustainable future. US farm policies, initiated in the 1930s, were designed to ensure long run domestic food security by ensuring the economic viability of independent family farms. New mechanical, chemical, and biological technologies of the 1950s made it possible to increase agricultural productivity by applying industrial production strategies to farming. A shift in farm policy during the 1960s made the shift from family farms to industrial agriculture inevitable.

First Page

34

Recommended Citation

John Ikerd, Farm and Food Policies for a Sustainable Future, 6 Bus. Entrepreneurship & Tax L. Rev. 34 (2022).
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