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In 2021, 137 farmers in cities within San Francisco County received a total of $6.7 million in 212 farm subsidies, a 22.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $8.6 million in 382 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 San Francisco County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Institute | $5,800,479 | $5,453,913 | -6% |
| Margaret Naraghi Quattrin Farms, Inc. | $171,407 | $250,000 | 45.9% |
| Demergasso Ranches, Inc. | $223,340 | $145,745 | -34.7% |
| Lorraine Bosche | $0 | $88,813 | -- |
| Portola Properties, LLC | $0 | $80,283 | -- |
| A & K Ranches | $50,179 | $78,572 | 56.6% |
| Marianne Bacigalupi | $0 | $65,552 | -- |
| Michael J. Murray | $0 | $59,978 | -- |
| The Nature Conservancy | $48,297 | $50,000 | 3.5% |
| Marci Glazer | $0 | $34,230 | -- |
| Spencer Sherwin | $23,969 | $23,514 | -1.9% |
| Alfaro Farms | $22,534 | $17,381 | -22.9% |
| Sadocli Chestnut Vineyards, LLC | $0 | $16,162 | -- |
| John & Kazuko Mockett Bi-Pass Trust | $0 | $15,905 | -- |
| James E Storm, M.D. | $15,119 | $15,119 | 0% |
| Lawrence Collins | $0 | $13,407 | -- |
| Nancy B. Lange | $80,186 | $12,900 | -83.9% |
| Rancho Lohola | $15,416 | $11,634 | -24.5% |
| Meghan Lyons | $0 | $11,089 | -- |
| Suk Lam | $0 | $8,791 | -- |
| Porta Family Trust | $23,354 | $8,351 | -64.2% |
| Hesseltine Family Trust | $13,266 | $8,299 | -37.4% |
| Rancho Garazi | $10,164 | $7,631 | -24.9% |
| Sadocli Cedar Vineyards, LLC | $0 | $7,587 | -- |
| John C. Newsom | $7,514 | $7,514 | 0% |
| Mary Lou Shott 2000 Rev Trust | $14,372 | $7,318 | -49.1% |
| Sharon Smith | $0 | $7,169 | -- |
| Jeffry B Spencer Trust | $31,428 | $6,417 | -79.6% |
| David A. Kemp | $0 | $6,345 | -- |
| L&M Rice Farm, LLC | $1,076 | $6,250 | 480.9% |
| John Flood | $19,733 | $6,144 | -68.9% |
| Ricky L. May | $13,881 | $5,541 | -60.1% |
| Chad Jensen | $23,190 | $5,268 | -77.3% |
| Underscore H Properties, LLC | $159 | $4,869 | 2,962.3% |
| Ann Dolyniuk | $5,369 | $4,704 | -12.4% |
| Deadeye, LLC | $0 | $4,354 | -- |
| Jennifer Hamilton Bingo | $0 | $4,291 | -- |
| Randall J. Redenius | $4,140 | $4,140 | 0% |
| Mary Towner | $1,132 | $3,986 | 252.1% |
| Annabella Schoeningh | $1,092 | $3,808 | 248.7% |
| William M Schoeningh | $1,092 | $3,808 | 248.7% |
| Sahara Farms, Inc. | $5,362 | $3,796 | -29.2% |
| Moore Partnership | $14,679 | $3,713 | -74.7% |
| Isabel Mclain Reichardt Living Trust | $14,478 | $3,514 | -75.7% |
| BCW Illinois Trust FBO Lewis Butler | $0 | $3,476 | -- |
| David and Barbara Wittrock Family Trust | $3,432 | $3,432 | 0% |
| V James Kordahl | $1,782 | $3,415 | 91.6% |
| Penelope C. Smith | $9,038 | $3,035 | -66.4% |
| Green Mallard Lands, Inc. | $3,349 | $2,975 | -11.2% |
| James D. Howell | $5,339 | $2,939 | -45% |
| Denny Bypass Irrevocable Trust | $6,247 | $2,714 | -56.6% |
| Dong Soo Shin | $4,639 | $2,547 | -45.1% |
| Joe Neal Kroll | $4,941 | $2,416 | -51.1% |
| Dockendorff-Johnson Farm, LLC | $9,854 | $2,398 | -75.7% |
| Christian M Schoeningh | $702 | $2,288 | 225.9% |
| Peter R Schoeningh | $702 | $2,288 | 225.9% |
| William a Schoeningh JR | $702 | $2,288 | 225.9% |
| Irene Creps -Irene Matilda Creps Separate Property Trust | $0 | $2,238 | -- |
| Helen C. Oglesby | $2,286 | $2,033 | -11.1% |
| Tamara J. Hicks | $0 | $1,947 | -- |
| Amy van Doren | $2,746 | $1,942 | -29.3% |
| Rosemary Dummer | $1,922 | $1,922 | 0% |
| William Charles Krueger | $2,327 | $1,915 | -17.7% |
| Clifton L Bell Rev Trust | $1,358 | $1,810 | 33.3% |
| Darcy Blake Wettersten | $4,239 | $1,808 | -57.3% |
| Sally Ketchum | $0 | $1,710 | -- |
| Susan McGregor | $3,163 | $1,612 | -49% |
| Shirley Johnson | $1,213 | $1,605 | 32.3% |
| Robert L. Owen | $2,449 | $1,591 | -35% |
| Encina Farms, Inc. | $15,710 | $1,524 | -90.3% |
| Mary Jane Armbrust | $0 | $1,470 | -- |
| Hackberry Hill Farm, LLC | $0 | $1,328 | -- |
| Karl R Morthole | $3,962 | $1,277 | -67.8% |
| Sergei E Tavasieff | $0 | $1,219 | -- |
| Donald E Vertz-Donald E Vertz & Theresa a Taken Rev Liv Trus | $1,206 | $1,206 | 0% |
| Brian B. Graham | $1,496 | $1,178 | -21.3% |
| Theodore Jordan | $1,514 | $1,172 | -22.6% |
| Heather L. Ludemann Revocable Trust | $4,564 | $1,161 | -74.6% |
| Melissa M. MacKay | $1,157 | $1,157 | 0% |
| Nancy Graalman | $1,093 | $1,077 | -1.5% |
| Elizabeth a Francisco Rev Trust | $1,621 | $1,045 | -35.5% |
| Rita A. Slattery | $2,094 | $1,038 | -50.4% |
| Jeanne Schlotz | $0 | $1,027 | -- |
| Mary Beth Worth | $2,293 | $1,020 | -55.5% |
| Thomas R. Robinson | $784 | $784 | 0% |
| Kathryn A. Swan | $3,603 | $767 | -78.7% |
| Dorothy M Bendel Estate | $1,122 | $745 | -33.6% |
| Mitchell P. Bendel | $1,121 | $745 | -33.5% |
| Britton B. Bounds | $2,013 | $713 | -64.6% |
| Robert A. Switzer | $1,557 | $706 | -54.7% |
| Marianne Steer 2010 Trust | $4,729 | $697 | -85.3% |
| Richard Miles Wright | $1,007 | $695 | -31% |
| Lauren D. Altendorf | $930 | $651 | -30% |
| Thomas E Mitchell Bypass Trust | $0 | $644 | -- |
| John A. Satre | $637 | $637 | 0% |
| Candace Crockett | $1,794 | $627 | -65.1% |
| Jan Blackburn Hannah | $0 | $621 | -- |
| Robert C. Herrold | $1,317 | $601 | -54.4% |
| Randall A. Shields | $441 | $597 | 35.4% |
| Philip Q. Kiely | $1,262 | $581 | -54% |
| Ryan Moore | $756 | $552 | -27% |
| Dorisann C Wetmore Trust No 1 | $540 | $540 | 0% |
| Victoria Berry | $2,924 | $535 | -81.7% |
| Janet Fiore | $840 | $529 | -37% |
| Jon Novotny | $254 | $521 | 105.1% |
| Derek Pappas | $335 | $487 | 45.4% |
| Nicholas Pappas | $336 | $487 | 44.9% |
| Susan Kanke | $608 | $457 | -24.8% |
| Louis F & Katherine M Reichardt Family Trust | $2,186 | $371 | -83% |
| Mary Jane Armbrust Estate | $0 | $366 | -- |
| Steven J. Keller | $351 | $351 | 0% |
| Raymond Matthew Dames | $904 | $312 | -65.5% |
| Clayton Payne Woolam | $0 | $288 | -- |
| Tim E. Arata | $350 | $284 | -18.9% |
| Susan A. Anthony | $769 | $280 | -63.6% |
| Beverly Barbour-Soules | $504 | $221 | -56.2% |
| Timothy Thornburn | $874 | $209 | -76.1% |
| John E. Todd | $366 | $174 | -52.5% |
| Christina J. Gritton | $681 | $171 | -74.9% |
| Adam Schroer | $580 | $148 | -74.5% |
| Kai Bansner | $0 | $145 | -- |
| Leif Bansner | $0 | $145 | -- |
| Alicia M Johnson Trust | $229 | $131 | -42.8% |
| Don Eubank | $106 | $128 | 20.8% |
| Robert Messick | $328 | $109 | -66.8% |
| Edward Bradford Williston | $100 | $100 | 0% |
| Myla R. Junge | $181 | $99 | -45.3% |
| Paul Wartelle | $150 | $94 | -37.3% |
| Askren Acres, LLC | $884 | $88 | -90% |
| Daniel I. Stone | $65 | $65 | 0% |
| Michael Markwell | $220 | $57 | -74.1% |
| Mark Crandon | $51 | $56 | 9.8% |
| Kathryn A. Jeffus | $128 | $50 | -60.9% |
| James Farrel Addison | $75 | $43 | -42.7% |
| Lucy S. Crain | $625 | $31 | -95% |
| Catherine T. McMillan | $36 | $27 | -25% |
| Juan R. Santos | $36 | $27 | -25% |
| Allison Hunter | $2,371 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrea Anjomshoaa | $7,662 | $0 | -100% |
| Avoca Wheatland, LP | $50,143 | $0 | -100% |
| Barbara L. Livingston | $917 | $0 | -100% |
| Bear River Walnut Ranch, LLC | $30,527 | $0 | -100% |
| Beresford Corporation | $653,414 | $0 | -100% |
| Borghild Corporation | $229,527 | $0 | -100% |
| Brandon Sessler | $32 | $0 | -100% |
| Camille Collier Young | $864 | $0 | -100% |
| Chuck Cheun Lee | $1,426 | $0 | -100% |
| Clanco Corporation | $79,141 | $0 | -100% |
| Crow Hill, LLC | $48,788 | $0 | -100% |
| David Malina | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| David P. Mortensen | $8 | $0 | -100% |
| Diane Murray | $1,841 | $0 | -100% |
| Edith Chan | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Eric Marxmiller | $12,981 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald E. Haney | $86 | $0 | -100% |
| Greg Robles | $482 | $0 | -100% |
| Harry W. Low | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Ira Simmons | $186 | $0 | -100% |
| Jim Nelson | $528 | $0 | -100% |
| Joan Joaquin Wood Trust | $1,460 | $0 | -100% |
| John & Kazuko Mockett Bi-Pass Trustee | $41,531 | $0 | -100% |
| John S. Swanda | $1,821 | $0 | -100% |
| Jon T. Anderson | $2,358 | $0 | -100% |
| Julia A. Nelson | $66 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen Malina-Nakata | $112 | $0 | -100% |
| Katharine A. Malone | $83 | $0 | -100% |
| Kathryn L. Olney | $2,553 | $0 | -100% |
| Landon Carpenter | $33,199 | $0 | -100% |
| Louise M Pynchon | $492 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael R. Swanson | $540 | $0 | -100% |
| Miller Farm, LLC | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| Nancy Richard Murphy | $142 | $0 | -100% |
| North Bear River Walnut Ranch, LLC | $3,158 | $0 | -100% |
| Parvis Kamangar Trust | $110,793 | $0 | -100% |
| Patricia Greene | $134 | $0 | -100% |
| Patrick Patrick and Amy Berry Living Trustee Berry | $694 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard W. Neumann | $320 | $0 | -100% |
| Sarah Kliban | $234 | $0 | -100% |
| Savior J. Papetti | $35,840 | $0 | -100% |
| Smith-Adobe Ranch FLP | $131 | $0 | -100% |
| The Shami Family 1993 Trust | $18,021 | $0 | -100% |
| Tiger Investments Group, LLC | $5,368 | $0 | -100% |
| Walnut Grove Partnership | $100,457 | $0 | -100% |
| Warrens Brothers | $11,298 | $0 | -100% |
| Will M. Thompson | $330 | $0 | -100% |
| William W. Bivins Jr. | $260,373 | $0 | -100% |
| Yao Ming Yu | $23,378 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $8,584,672 | $6,683,537 | -22.1% |
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