Farm Bill Grows Herbal Crop Support, But No Vitamins In Food Stamp Program
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Congress added financial support for herbals and other specialty crops to the federal farm subsidy programs reauthorization, but omitted multivitamins from food stamp coverage for the second time
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