Read an April 16, 2012, Politico story about efforts to trim the food stamp program and the effect that debate is having on the farm bill.  

Read a May 27, 2012, post about lobbyists “girding for a slew of battles” on the bill; the item is on The Hill’s “On the Money” blog.  

Read a June 3, 2012, Associated Press article (posted by Bloomberg Businessweek) about the farm bill and its status on Capitol Hill.  

Read a June 4, 2012, National Journal article about the public’s mixed views on the farm bill, as seen in a recent poll conducted for the publication.  

Read a June 5, 2012, Huffington Post blog entry about the importance of the food stamp program.  

Listen to a June 6, 2012, podcast about the importance of food stamps to the farm bill from American Public Media’s Marketplace.

See The New York Times’ Times Topics page on the farm bill.

Michael Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at University of California, Berkeley, where he directs the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism. His books include The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Read an Oct. 9, 2008, column on farm policy that he wrote for The New York Times.

Dan Imhoff is an author, publisher and farmer in California whose writings on farm and environmental issues include the book Food Fight: A Citizen’s Guide to the Farm Bill, updated to reflect issues in this year’s bill. He is co-founder, director, and publisher of Watershed Media. Read an essay he wrote about the 2012 bill for the Oct. 3, […]