Still more on the Farm Bill

Michael Krasny did a nice hour on the Farm Bill this morning. You can scroll down and listen or download here.

http://www.kqed.org/programs/program-landing.jsp?progID=RD19

I was amazed at some of the email comments he read toward the end of the show. People in the Bay Area can be so myopic. (And a myopic liberal isn't really any better than a myopic conservative, IMHO.) Sure we need major change in farm subsidies - we need to value different things - but conventional farmers live pretty close to the edge financially, and there must be a plan for transition over a period of time. The vision should be clear by now, but the solution is going to be complex, which may be why congressmembers and senators seem short of the nerve to tackle it.