As an update to my earlier post on Useful Web sites, here's an update from the Mulch website on the 2007 Farm Subsidy Database:
Tens of thousands of people who have benefited from billions in federal farm subsidy payments have been shielded from public view for decades, behind layers of partnerships, joint ventures, corporations and other business structures that obscured their personal subsidy claims. Not anymore.
EWG�s new 2007 Farm Bill Database provides full disclosure...
A new feature of the website is a Google Maps mashup of where the payments go. I've included a map of Columbia City which is not as interesting as the maps of Park Avenue or Key West. The interesting part is that payments are going to farmers living in places where there are no farms.
This database is provided by the Environmental Working Group, a public interest research and advocacy organization.
