How has the sugar industry ("Big Sugar?") played a role in the USDA's legislation of what can and cannot be bought with foods stamps?
I'm thinking specifically of the connection between the ability to buy SODA with SNAP benefits (legislated and regulated by the USDA) and the USDA's interests in the sugar industry.... Are there "sugar lobbyists?" Or, are sugar interests so overlapping with those of companies like Coca Cola that Coke does the bidding of sugar companies? Thank you!
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How has the sugar industry ("Big Sugar?") played a role in the USDA's legislation of what can and cannot be bought with foods stamps?
I'm thinking specifically of the connection between the ability to buy SODA with SNAP benefits (legislated and regulated by the USDA) and the USDA's interests in the sugar industry.... Are there "sugar lobbyists?" Or, are sugar interests so overlapping with those of companies like Coca Cola that Coke does the bidding of sugar companies? Thank you!
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