Source: Orange County Register
by Steven Greenhut
“The simplest way to provide food for the population is to, you know, let farmers grow what they want to grow, sell their products to whomever they choose, export them in response to demand and so forth. The more important the product — and food certainly ranks high on any list — the better it is to allow markets to work. Instead, our government micromanages the situation with complex regulations and subsidies that distort the market, raise prices and pick winners and losers. Farm policy has been a mess for decades, with both parties to blame.” (05/16/25)