Agriculture and the Environment: A New Strategic Vision

摘要

As far as environmental policy is concerned, U.S. agriculture has been something of an anomaly. While most industrial sectors have experienced a succession of environmental policy approaches, the basic policy toward agriculture has changed little since the 1930s. Farms and ranches have been exempt from most of the regulations governing water, air, and land use that apply to other sectors. Instead, the voluntary-payment approach that was created during the Depression to assist finanpially strapped producers has persisted.