The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide
with Christina Badaracco, 2018, Island Press
Introduction by Marion Nestle
As Marion Nestle writes in the book’s introduction, this is “required reading for anyone who cares about what we eat.” When Island Press asked me to update my popular “translation” of the the Farm Bill for yet a third consecutive legislative cycle, I enlisted the help of a public health policy specialist, Christina Badarracco. Negotiated every five to seven years, this legislation continues to have tremendous implications for food production, nutrition assistance, habitat conservation, international trade, and national security. Yet at nearly 1,000 pages, it is difficult to understand for policymakers, let alone citizens. In this primer, I once again worked to unpack all the legalese and political jargon into a highly accessible, graphics-rich 200 page volume.