Fox News Picks Up on Corn Subsidy Issue
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NWHF Staff
| Posted on: August 31st, 2011
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Josh Viertel, Slow Food USA President on Fox News
Recently, Joshua Viertel, Slow Food USA’s President, appeared on Fox Business News to discuss the connection between U.S. government corn subsidies and the American obesity epidemic.
“When you take $20 billion of taxpayer money and you pump it into a program that’s propping up production of corn syrup,” Viertel argued, “you’re creating a market where the things that are worse for us are falsely inexpensive, and you get into a situation where its easier to feed your kids fruit loops than it is to feed them real fruit.”
“We’re taking this money as taxpayers,” he continued, “and we’re giving it to an industry that’s making us unhealthy.”
Fox Business News host Neil Cavuto’s reaction?
“Makes a lot of sense. How many dietary cooks have we had on this program that made no sense, and this guy in a few sentences, makes more sense than any of them!”
What do you think - is this exchange on Fox News an indication that the subsidy argument will gain traction among fiscal conservatives? Or will we see no significant change as the industrial food business continues to win the day?
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