Stronach Group COO Tim Ritvo sees grim future for Preakness at Pimlico - Baltimore Sun. This makes me sad.
Choking On Our Harvest: Threats Loom Over Global Food Trade – Bloomberg. A lot of good graphics.
Big Ag turns to peas to meet soaring global protein demand – Reuters
Editorial: U.S. House embarrassed itself with its mishandling of the farm bill - Omaha World-Herald. The GOP owns this train wreck. They had plenty of money for corporate tax cuts, but they just can't resist kicking the poor while shoveling out piles of money to farmers and rural residents.
For Future Health Policies, Trump Administration Adds a Rural Focus - Governing. Maybe the Ohio GOP shouldn't be pushing to roll back Medicaid expansion. I think the lack of Medicaid expansion (along with ending reimbursement for unpaid care linked to the expected expansion), as opposed to excessive regulation, led to rural hospital closures.
Gambling Ruling May Make USDA Reports More Exciting - Progressive Farmer
The Last Days of the Blue-Blood Harvest - The Atlantic
Meeting Resistance – Science
Public Demands Investigation of Why F.B.I. Infiltrators in Trump Campaign Failed to Prevent Him from Being Elected – Borowitz Report
Scott Pruitt’s approach to pollution control will make the air dirtier and Americans less healthy - The Conversation
