After reading chapter 3 of The Omnivore's Dilemma I now know that that some things occur that shouldn't. On page 29 it states once the weapons plant in Alabama was not need for they started using it for chemical fertilizer. Framers could now go and buy nitrogen. But this nitrogen was bad for the environment. It caused pollution. In the Industrial food chain the big business were getting a profit where's the farmers were losing money. On page 35 it states "it cost him about $2.50 to grow a bushel of corn ... But that year the price the grain elevator co-op paid for a bushel of corn was only about $1.45. As farms grew more corn the price for corn falls. The farm policy didn't help farms instead it help larger industrial farms, agribusiness, and food companies like McDonald's.
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