EU agricultural policy has focused on assisting farmers in extracting higher prices for food, based on quality built over centuries, with branding both on historic names and geographic origin, and to some degree shorting the market. U.S. agricultural policy has zeroed in on productivity – extracting the highest yield for the lowest cost. This latter approach has served well during decades in which calories were expensive or at risk, but former USDA secretary Dan Glickman argues that the policy now contributes to national decline. That is because poor diet is the leading cause of mortality in the country. U.S. agricultural policy subsidizes high calories per acre of production when it should be reinforcing the goals of the government&...