farm bill

Congress has less than five months to re-write the massive farm bill.  The version that was just voted out of the Senate Agriculture Committee would replace direct payments farmers receive from the government with a subsidized insurance plan for their crops. We'll find out what the bill could mean for Maryland farmers, and for the environment, and what happens if it expires in  September.

Then: Baltimore band Lower Dens has released its second album, called Nootropics.