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1977 Food and Agricultural Policy: Impact on Consumers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Robert O. Herrmann
Robert O. Herrmann*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
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Extract

The interests of American consumers in our food policy can be set forth rather simply. Consumers are concerned about ensuring adequate supplies of safe and nutritious food at reasonable prices. The real problem, of course, is finding policies which can lead toward these goals, and enacting them.

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1977 Food and Agricultural Policy – Impcat on the Northeast
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , October 1977 , pp. 177 - 179
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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