Crop Subsidies = dinner?

Imagine if we had to live only on the foods that our government subsidizes for the crops from the Food and Farm Bill?The "subsidy garden" reflects the $11 billion per year spent on BIG AG.The subsidy garden consists of:

• corn
• wheat
• rice
• cotton
• soybeans
• tobacco
• sorghum
• canola
• sunflower

Which would you prefer for your dinner?Imagine if that $11 billion went to the smaller crops and small farmers? View the Spring 2011 White House Kitchen Garden image created by Kitchen Gardens International - also shown is what the White House Kitchen Garden would look like if it was solely based on the government 'subsidy garden' crops.