ABSTRACT
In discussing food and consumer dimensions of agricultural policies, it is useful to segment our national policies into those which are consumer and those which are food or nutrition policies. In recent years, there has been an increasing tendency to identify consumer policies with food policies. Our food and nutrition policies date back roughly, in concept, to the origination of the school lunch program and the initial food stamp programs. These programs began at about the same time and under the same impetus as the farm price supports.
