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In 2021, 26 farmers in cities within Barnstable County received a total of $274,327 in 35 farm subsidies, an 87.8% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $2.3 million in 198 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with Barnstable County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquacultural Research, Corp. | $0 | $145,910 | -- |
| Holbrook Oyster Ranch, Inc. | $41,147 | $23,954 | -41.8% |
| Robert Tourigny | $4,265 | $23,008 | 439.5% |
| Mann Farms, Inc. | $80,237 | $18,655 | -76.8% |
| Scott Macallister | $0 | $13,465 | -- |
| Peter Orcutt | $34,171 | $6,315 | -81.5% |
| Handy Cranberry Trust | $66,357 | $5,373 | -91.9% |
| Harry Thomann Heirs PTSHP | $8,575 | $4,825 | -43.7% |
| Silva Lobster Company, Inc. | $4,247 | $4,247 | 0% |
| Karen Mccully Hong | $20,131 | $3,963 | -80.3% |
| Randy Williams | $0 | $3,710 | -- |
| Jackson Family Properties - Armstrong Farm, LLC | $12,088 | $3,571 | -70.5% |
| Lisa Dexter | $2,634 | $3,484 | 32.3% |
| David Flattery | $2,047 | $3,071 | 50% |
| Kevin Gregory | $5,514 | $2,512 | -54.4% |
| Samuel E. Baker | $5,414 | $1,722 | -68.2% |
| Raymond L. Thacher Jr. | $19,403 | $1,316 | -93.2% |
| Dan Maurice | $0 | $1,272 | -- |
| Lawrence L. Smith | $2,465 | $1,065 | -56.8% |
| John P & Barry H French Trust | $1,099 | $880 | -19.9% |
| Keith A. Mann | $1,404 | $726 | -48.3% |
| Ralph Bassett | $4,759 | $473 | -90.1% |
| William Sprague | $0 | $302 | -- |
| William Joseph Cobb | $569 | $202 | -64.5% |
| Alex J. Brown | $329 | $156 | -52.6% |
| William Thrailkill | $0 | $150 | -- |
| James E. Fuller Jr. | $17,920 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeannine Anderson | $3,822 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas W Chaprales | $13,250 | $0 | -100% |
| R & B Farm, Inc. | $4,700 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Bleakley | $7,204 | $0 | -100% |
| Anne-Marie Walker | $3,506 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl B. Howard | $6,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Dean Emery | $2,211 | $0 | -100% |
| John Lowell | $6,313 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael C. Shigley | $2,309 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary J. King | $17,260 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Racine | $646 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Reardon | $250,000 | $0 | -100% |
| Intrepid Fisheries, Inc. | $6,177 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert J. Martin III | $13,326 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen G. Spear | $3,401 | $0 | -100% |
| Coonamessett Farm, Inc. | $14,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Dianne L. Beaton | $3,257 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank Kristy | $16,766 | $0 | -100% |
| Janice Hovda Grant | $1,330 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Harrington | $2,285 | $0 | -100% |
| Scott A. Torrey | $3,096 | $0 | -100% |
| David Young | $20,635 | $0 | -100% |
| Erik Hnis | $8,254 | $0 | -100% |
| Fixed Gear Fisheries, LLC | $3,563 | $0 | -100% |
| Gideon Turner | $7,254 | $0 | -100% |
| James M. McGrath | $14,169 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Valli | $7,145 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonah Turner | $6,333 | $0 | -100% |
| Jonathan Young | $1,368 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn D. Sette | $1,462 | $0 | -100% |
| Luna Sea Fisheries, Inc. | $12,232 | $0 | -100% |
| Outermost Oyster Company | $2,954 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Dunne | $1,315 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Edward Donovan | $2,131 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth S. Weeks | $17,433 | $0 | -100% |
| Roscoe C. Chase III | $29,284 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Crobar | $9,438 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter A. Burns | $2,028 | $0 | -100% |
| Brown Fishing Company, Inc. | $196,904 | $0 | -100% |
| Megansett Oyster Company, LLC | $3,595 | $0 | -100% |
| Ward Aquafarms, LLC | $63,264 | $0 | -100% |
| Bethany Gibbons | $3,966 | $0 | -100% |
| David Dwyer | $1,440 | $0 | -100% |
| Double D Fisheries, Inc. | $6,672 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett Wayne Loparto | $5,230 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn A. Svenningsen | $30,829 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremiah Taylor | $4,226 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda M Collins Trust Dated December 2, 2002 | $11,089 | $0 | -100% |
| Lost at Sea, LLC | $19,165 | $0 | -100% |
| Nantucket Sound Fish Weirs, Inc. | $43,558 | $0 | -100% |
| Nathan W. Davis | $6,512 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas Muto | $14,272 | $0 | -100% |
| Norsewind Fisheries, Inc. | $15,138 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard P. Emerson | $1,974 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Smith | $4,781 | $0 | -100% |
| Stuart Smith | $2,386 | $0 | -100% |
| William Richardson | $44,200 | $0 | -100% |
| James Junior Rossignol | $2,385 | $0 | -100% |
| Francis Santos | $2,417 | $0 | -100% |
| High Pressure Fisheries, Inc. | $17,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Loretta Santos | $1,965 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Packard | $21,682 | $0 | -100% |
| Randy J Rovatti | $4,490 | $0 | -100% |
| Second Effort Fisheries, LLC | $19,955 | $0 | -100% |
| John P. Tassinari | $1,859 | $0 | -100% |
| Mary M. Tassinari | $245 | $0 | -100% |
| Scout Fisheries, Inc. | $13,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Tassinari, Inc. | $2,336 | $0 | -100% |
| James Davenport | $7,708 | $0 | -100% |
| Joly Oyster, LLC | $5,094 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Sullivan | $5,592 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas Fichtel | $3,338 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy Phelan | $3,854 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig Williams | $21,911 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory F. Walinski | $2,868 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond L. Bois Jr. | $10,234 | $0 | -100% |
| Nantucket Sound Shellfish Company, LLC. | $1,643 | $0 | -100% |
| Costa Fisheries, LLC | $25,290 | $0 | -100% |
| Daniel Smith | $1,006 | $0 | -100% |
| Joshua Morris | $7,672 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Mooney | $11,282 | $0 | -100% |
| Miss April Lobster Company | $11,818 | $0 | -100% |
| Rhumb Line Fisheries, LLC | $37,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Ulrik Winslow | $1,908 | $0 | -100% |
| Aaron M. Francis | $12,280 | $0 | -100% |
| Allison M. Paine | $7,753 | $0 | -100% |
| Avery Oyster Company, Inc. | $44,643 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin Pickard | $4,102 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradford Morse | $10,622 | $0 | -100% |
| CCB11 Fisheries, LLC | $14,498 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Milewski | $12,714 | $0 | -100% |
| Christopher Pickard | $3,471 | $0 | -100% |
| Curtis Graham | $687 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna Pickard | $658 | $0 | -100% |
| EBB and Flow Shellfish, LLC | $20,692 | $0 | -100% |
| Evan K Bruinooge | $1,755 | $0 | -100% |
| Ian Holmes | $11,179 | $0 | -100% |
| Indian Neck Seafarms, Inc. | $19,808 | $0 | -100% |
| James Gray | $4,577 | $0 | -100% |
| James Oconnell | $36,305 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Pickard | $3,702 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Clark | $4,770 | $0 | -100% |
| Margaret Jennings | $4,706 | $0 | -100% |
| Milewski Fisheries, LLC | $14,418 | $0 | -100% |
| Misfit Fisheries, LLC | $25,782 | $0 | -100% |
| Nemanja Krsmanovic | $12,438 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicholas F Sirucek | $7,663 | $0 | -100% |
| Northern Collective, Inc. | $42,208 | $0 | -100% |
| Old Salt Fisheries, LLC | $11,825 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Winslow | $42,072 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Lalumiere | $6,366 | $0 | -100% |
| Puffer Oyster Farm | $13,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Rebecca Taylor | $2,553 | $0 | -100% |
| Russell A. Junkins | $2,245 | $0 | -100% |
| Samuel Pickard | $5,183 | $0 | -100% |
| Shawn Rose | $3,415 | $0 | -100% |
| Shea Murphy | $27,926 | $0 | -100% |
| Siboc Clam Partnership | $24,693 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen Pickard | $5,548 | $0 | -100% |
| Wellfleet Oyster & Clam Company | $15,365 | $0 | -100% |
| Wellfleet Oyster Company | $7,503 | $0 | -100% |
| William Barrio | $7,931 | $0 | -100% |
| William Robert Young Jr. | $24,414 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary Rennert | $2,820 | $0 | -100% |
| Benjamin K. Morgan | $1,544 | $0 | -100% |
| Chatham Shellfish Company | $51,915 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert J. Eldridge Jr. | $13,470 | $0 | -100% |
| Taint Corporation | $1,542 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Cottrell | $964 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Betty Rahe | $2,071 | $0 | -100% |
| Jon Tolley | $1,874 | $0 | -100% |
| Mello-Wilson Cranberry Corporation | $6,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Dunbar | $19,616 | $0 | -100% |
| Peter L Personeni | $972 | $0 | -100% |
| Sweet Heart Creek Oyster Company, LLC | $1,272 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert Tolley | $4,212 | $0 | -100% |
| Thomas A. Grew | $1,506 | $0 | -100% |
| Yarmouth Oyster Farms, Inc. | $16,598 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Bois | $12,636 | $0 | -100% |
| William C. Ohnemus | $3,991 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $2,254,553 | $274,327 | -87.8% |
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