Environmental Working Group dodges taxes on $90 million. Tax-exempt foundations avoid similar taxes in money given to EWG. Our friends at the Environmental Working Group continue to look out for us uneducated taxpayers with their latest list of farms receiving 'subsidies.' Of course, EWG has spewed its cash-generating propaganda all over television. Got to give them credit, EWG knows to spin half truths.
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Attendees of the Future for Food Conference that took place last week at Georgetown University were in for the royal treatment when Prince Charles took the stage. Just days after being a part of one of the most extravagant, tax-payer funded spectacles that the world has seen as of late, the Prince brought with him news that apparently, the United States—a country that supports its own population and supplies much of the rest of the world's food and fiber—needs to rethink its spending and is fast approaching a time when it will shoulder the blame for food shortages and hunger riots.
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It was during an August 20 CNBC segment in which Suffolk University Assistant Professor Ben Powell talked about the flooding crisis in Pakistan. Yet he didn't take the time to discuss the humanitarian situation or the desperate need for help from stable countries.
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There's no doubt about it: "Agri-intellectual" Michael Pollan is a rock star in rich people's kitchens. He's a bestselling author, has a devoted fan base, and continues to spread his message about the American food system.
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One look at the smiles on Hill staffers' faces and you would've thought Christmas came early this year. But it wasn't Santa delivering the goodies—it was the Cato Institute. And it wasn't presents causing the commotion—it was a royalty-like spread of food, a rarity on Capitol Hill since stringent lobbying standards were passed.
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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) caused quite a stir in rural America when it released its farm subsidy database in 2004. Farmers were justifiably mad that their personal financial information was being aired publicly...
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It's not often that a United States Senator becomes so enraged with a trade association that he'll march to the Senate floor and rail on the group for more than half an hour.
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