EWG President Ken Cook talks farms subsidies at TEDx Manahattan in July 2010

The Environmental Working Group has been demystifying farm subsidies since the 1990s in an effort to reform that system so it works well - for small farmers and eaters. In this short version of Ken Cook's TEDx talk, he explains the US farm subsidy system and calls on people to advocate for a Farm Bill that's also a Healthy Food bill. Some shocking stats about who's receiving federal farm subsidies will have you laughing and crying at the same time.

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• TEDx
• food
• TEDx Manhattan
• agriculture
• farming