Re: So family farms are a social good
Subsidies come in different forms so it's hard to generalize them. Remember when farmers were paid not to grow crops? Now we have subsidies for growing corn for bio-fuel resulting in 40% of corn produced going to bio-fuel production. The results are higher corn prices and less for the people of the world to consume. Not very social.
I understand what you are saying, but the reason and structure of subsidies needs to be addressed and changed from the now automatic subsidies in place for large corporations whether you need them for survival or not.
Here is a breakdown of the reason for subsidies and here is a list of crops and amounts of subsidies.