NancyLebovitz comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 3: Did the US Government Give Us Absurd Advice About Sugar? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 31 December 2013 12:04:53PM 1 point [-]

The farm lobby might not include all farmers equally-- grain farmers might have more of an edge.

Comment author: [deleted] 31 December 2013 12:17:48PM 1 point [-]

Well, a large fraction of the grains grown in the US is fed to livestock, so you'd have to be thinking about something more specific than “grain farmers”.