Notes 7
and Direct Sales: 0 and 007 ,” in USDA, 2012 Census of Agriculture,
vol. , chap. , https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/ 0 /FullReport
/Volume,ChapterUS/st 99 00 00 .pdf.
4. corn received 30 percent of farm subsidies: Environmental Working
Group (EWG), “The United States Farm Subsidy Information,” accessed
November , 0 7 , https://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips= 00000.
. “It is precisely the people’s Department: Wayne Rasmussen, “Lin-
coln’s Agricultural Legacy,” NAL, USDA, accessed March , 0 8 , https://
http://www.nal.usda.gov/lincolns-agricultural-legacy.
6. Only a last minute intervention: Warren Belasco, Meals to Come: A
History of the Future of Food (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press,
006 ), figure 6.
7. “dialing for dollars”: Norah O’Donnell, “Are Members of Con-
gress Becoming Telemarketers?” CBS 60 Minutes, April 4 , 0 6 , https://
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ 60 -minutes-are-members-of-congress-becoming
-telemarketers/; David Graham, “The Humiliating Fundraising Existence of
a Member of Congress,” The Atlantic, June , 0 3 , https://www.theatlantic.
com/politics/archive/ 0 3 / 06 /the-humiliating-fundraising-existence-of-a
-member-of-congress/ 77 7 /; David DeWitt, “Former Congressman Rails
Against Gerrymandering and Money in Politics,” Athens (Ohio) News, April
30 , 0 7 , https://www.athensnews.com/news/local/former-congressman-rails
-against-gerrymandering-and-money-in-politics/article_ 99 eea 9 fe-dbd-e 7
-a 9 -efb 80 c 3 6 c.html.
8. fourth-highest number of political slots: Zach Paiker, “Help Wanted:
4 , 000 Presidential Appointees,” Center for Presidential Transition, March 6 ,
0 6 , http://presidentialtransition.org/blog/posts/ 603 6 _help-wanted- 4000
-appointees.php.
9. “How else could companies overlook: Michael Porter and Mark
Kramer, “Creating Shared Value: How to Reinvent Capitalism—And Un-
leash a Wave of Innovation and Growth,” Harvard Business Review 89 ( Janu-
ary/February 0 ), 6 – 77 , http://www.nuovavista.com/SharedValuePorterHar
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0. “Bring it on”: Daryll Ray and Harwood Schaffer, “The 996 ‘Free-
dom to Farm’ Farm Bill,” Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of
Tennessee, no. 703 , originally published in MidAmerica Farmer Grower 3 , no.
3 ( January 7 , 0 4 ), http://www.agpolicy.org/weekpdf/ 703 .pdf.
. After two years of lobbying: Peggy Lowe, “Lobbyists of All Kinds
Flock to Farm Bill,” Harvest Public Media, July 4 , 0 4 , http://investigate
midwest.org/ 0 4 / 07 / 4 /lobbyists-of-all-kinds-flock-to-farm-bill/.