Wednesday evening the Allen County Conservation District will toot its horn when accomplishments of the past year are listed. Waterways, terraces, ponds, other things that help to conserve water and soil and make farmland in the county more productive will be mentioned.
Programs at work in Allen County are duplicated throughout the nation with funding through the U.S. Farm Bill. The current bill is a little different in that it doesn’t focus on subsidies, rather on stabilizing and shoring up what farmers earn from sale of commodities.
There’s much more. The farm bill has been compared to a Swiss Army knife. It has tentacles that reach into many areas, including nutrition through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. SNAP is the largest safety net for the poor.
