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Ken Cook is president of Environmental Working Group, a public interest research and advocacy organization known for its Farm Subsidy Database. The author of dozens of articles, opinion pieces and reports on agricultural, public health and environmental topics, "[Cook's] fingerprints can be found on nearly two decades of U.S. farm law" (Omaha World Herald). Read more about the authors.

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Maybe if Tobacco Companies Sold Produce Instead...

...we'd have better luck hooking teenagers on something that would prolong their lives instead of shortening them: more fruits and vegetables.

A University of Minnesota study shows teens eating fewer fruits and vegetables. (HT, The Packer's Tom Karst at Fresh Talk)

This study does indeed reinforce the case for farm bill proposals to increase fruit and vegetable offerings in the federal school lunch program, an idea Senate Ag Committee Chairman Tom Harkin has long championed.

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Yes not just the cash crops like this to be harvested for addictions or economy. but on other hands we should also consider the other uses of tobacco for good.

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