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In 2021, 153 farmers in cities within San Mateo County received a total of $1.2 million in 255 farm subsidies, a 67.3% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $3.6 million in 486 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 Mateo County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oku, Inc. | $125,915 | $201,627 | 60.1% |
| Gerald Marchi | $0 | $185,204 | -- |
| Pete Marchi & Son, Inc. | $97,462 | $100,834 | 3.5% |
| Doniga Markegard | $85,654 | $68,525 | -20% |
| Knob Hill Mines, Inc. | $123,887 | $61,961 | -50% |
| Mu5 Farms, LLC | $183,425 | $46,750 | -74.5% |
| Todd Korth | $0 | $30,570 | -- |
| Groveland Farms, Inc. | $0 | $22,103 | -- |
| Stevenson II, LLC | $21,188 | $21,188 | 0% |
| Isabelle M. Young | $0 | $17,340 | -- |
| Doug Edwards | $5,445 | $16,613 | 205.1% |
| High Seas, LLC | $0 | $15,913 | -- |
| Frank - Cafferkey Family Trust Cafferkey | $0 | $14,086 | -- |
| David P. Davis | $13,970 | $14,030 | 0.4% |
| Dorthea James M. Tr | $0 | $13,791 | -- |
| Fotinos Sisters Vineyard, LLC | $0 | $13,762 | -- |
| Suzanne Hyder | $10,858 | $12,078 | 11.2% |
| John Marc Schulz | $0 | $11,480 | -- |
| Brda Family 1996 Trust | $11,103 | $11,103 | 0% |
| L F, Inc. | $18,560 | $11,087 | -40.3% |
| Grizzell Fox, LLC | $11,843 | $10,883 | -8.1% |
| West Delevan Land Company | $3,850 | $9,841 | 155.6% |
| Allan Almlie | $8,802 | $8,802 | 0% |
| Vincent Fontana Jr. | $18,535 | $8,399 | -54.7% |
| Ronelle Denette Kotter Bypass Trust | $11,672 | $8,396 | -28.1% |
| Mary Jane Elkins 2003 Trust | $8,665 | $7,902 | -8.8% |
| Joan Patricia Rosas Trust | $18,369 | $7,893 | -57% |
| Crawford Farms | $11,842 | $6,999 | -40.9% |
| Rodney Derbyshire & Mary Ann Carmack Living Trust | $18,063 | $6,524 | -63.9% |
| Edward O. Grauf | $4,950 | $6,429 | 29.9% |
| Joe Bob James Trust | $21,775 | $6,319 | -71% |
| Kathryn Lisa O'Melia | $5,710 | $5,710 | 0% |
| Gabrielle Lee | $0 | $5,610 | -- |
| Helen M Reynolds 2000 Revocable Trust | $0 | $5,500 | -- |
| Ginger J Masten Irrevoc Liv Trust | $17,053 | $5,491 | -67.8% |
| Mcnair-Jensen-Hefferlin | $10,722 | $5,486 | -48.8% |
| Sharon Lorraine Perri | $14,625 | $5,418 | -63% |
| Fitch Iowa Limited Partnership | $5,256 | $5,370 | 2.2% |
| Brisa De Ano Ranch | $0 | $5,281 | -- |
| Daniel Arrechea | $6,968 | $5,259 | -24.5% |
| Sami A. Jadallah | $23,770 | $4,904 | -79.4% |
| Frank Lamb Testamentary Trust | $21,140 | $4,560 | -78.4% |
| Kandy Quigg Living Trust | $4,067 | $3,935 | -3.2% |
| Martha Lee Saad | $9,054 | $3,818 | -57.8% |
| Beverly Rosenquist | $3,616 | $3,616 | 0% |
| Sean S. Stuart | $3,461 | $3,461 | 0% |
| Karolyn K. McKenna | $2,492 | $3,431 | 37.7% |
| Joseph E. Obrien | $0 | $3,408 | -- |
| James Children Trust | $4,128 | $3,406 | -17.5% |
| Gaylen Eslinger | $3,391 | $3,391 | 0% |
| Sara Dalleske | $9,748 | $3,327 | -65.9% |
| Callaghan Family Trust | $0 | $3,252 | -- |
| Karen E Leonard Supplemental Needs Trust | $0 | $3,024 | -- |
| Reno Dinelli | $0 | $2,915 | -- |
| Diana James-Cairns | $853 | $2,781 | 226% |
| Winslow Family Trust B | $1,897 | $2,710 | 42.9% |
| Rebecca S Cole Trustee Share Under the Dorthea M James Trustee | $1,240 | $2,646 | 113.4% |
| Diamond Park Farm, LLC | $8,080 | $2,554 | -68.4% |
| Orzetto, LLC | $1,852 | $2,469 | 33.3% |
| BCW Illinois Trust FBO Serra Butler Simbeck | $0 | $2,420 | -- |
| Robin H Mcglohn & Bette L Bohler 1999 | $0 | $2,415 | -- |
| James A. Smith | $6,981 | $2,386 | -65.8% |
| Pat O'Neil, Inc. | $3,879 | $2,335 | -39.8% |
| Watson California Enterprises, Inc. | $43,755 | $2,303 | -94.7% |
| David J. Andrews | $3,990 | $2,273 | -43% |
| Ginger J. Masten | $21,747 | $2,257 | -89.6% |
| Robert Marsh | $7,964 | $2,220 | -72.1% |
| Shirley K. Bernadotti | $16,301 | $2,173 | -86.7% |
| Elizabeth Stiefelmaier | $3,787 | $2,158 | -43% |
| Mary Ann Carmack | $3,944 | $2,127 | -46.1% |
| Bryce Joseph Frey | $0 | $2,127 | -- |
| Janet L. Leonard | $3,020 | $1,961 | -35.1% |
| W & K Farms | $8,925 | $1,918 | -78.5% |
| Margaret Peter | $3,795 | $1,872 | -50.7% |
| Kayleen K. Miller | $2,764 | $1,861 | -32.7% |
| Ellen Porzig | $4,151 | $1,803 | -56.6% |
| Esther Johnson | $3,943 | $1,768 | -55.2% |
| Dee J Hubbard & Audrey L Hubbard Rev Trust | $3,268 | $1,743 | -46.7% |
| Benjamin P. Andrews | $0 | $1,682 | -- |
| Paradise Farms, Inc. | $644 | $1,682 | 161.2% |
| Jacobs Family Irrevocable Trust | $2,813 | $1,574 | -44% |
| Barbara B Kaiser Trust | $7,310 | $1,535 | -79% |
| Jane W. Faller | $1,513 | $1,513 | 0% |
| Michael Thilges | $4,495 | $1,495 | -66.7% |
| George H. Holder | $4,832 | $1,485 | -69.3% |
| Douglas A. Scott | $3,778 | $1,447 | -61.7% |
| Cliff Ownbey Jones Tr | $3,579 | $1,395 | -61% |
| Karin P. Halvorsen | $608 | $1,394 | 129.3% |
| Mary Ann Nihart | $1,339 | $1,339 | 0% |
| 2011 Rothrock Irrevocable Trust | $6,794 | $1,292 | -81% |
| Robert Avila | $1,980 | $1,282 | -35.3% |
| Bonnie O'Brien | $2,152 | $1,231 | -42.8% |
| Laurie a Petrini Living Trust Dated September 30 2012 | $0 | $1,231 | -- |
| Derwood B Bird Irrev Trust | $8,998 | $1,219 | -86.5% |
| Merrilee S. Wertz | $1,531 | $1,140 | -25.5% |
| Cheri Coulter | $1,125 | $1,125 | 0% |
| Julia Goheen Molise | $1,520 | $1,088 | -28.4% |
| Kay E. Erikson | $1,065 | $1,065 | 0% |
| Gregory H. Dodge | $1,927 | $1,056 | -45.2% |
| Peggy B. Jones | $0 | $1,034 | -- |
| Thomas W. Hale | $0 | $1,015 | -- |
| John W Williams GST Tax Exempt Trust | $761 | $1,014 | 33.2% |
| Kevin M. Kilroy | $2,470 | $977 | -60.4% |
| Mary Diann McKenzie | $934 | $898 | -3.9% |
| David Ash | $1,438 | $892 | -38% |
| Betty J Thompson Survivor Trust | $2,971 | $888 | -70.1% |
| Jean C Clansky | $6,023 | $828 | -86.3% |
| Frances Joanne Meyer | $936 | $791 | -15.5% |
| Marc H. Saunders | $1,221 | $788 | -35.5% |
| Shirley a Lofgren - the Shirley a Lofgren 2008 Rev | $0 | $787 | -- |
| Dean Glover | $1,219 | $787 | -35.4% |
| Glover Family Trust Uad August 11, 1993 - Julia GL | $0 | $787 | -- |
| Dishart Family Bypass Trust | $2,888 | $758 | -73.8% |
| Randal G. Abraham | $1,635 | $752 | -54% |
| James Howard Anderson | $0 | $742 | -- |
| Patricia Armstrong | $2,629 | $735 | -72% |
| Fovinci Family Trustee | $1,777 | $731 | -58.9% |
| Kelly H Lankford Exempt Family Trust Share | $0 | $708 | -- |
| Lori Bruton | $704 | $704 | 0% |
| Teddi Grant - Teddi Grant Trust | $1,959 | $700 | -64.3% |
| Gary Swanson | $632 | $632 | 0% |
| Donald F. Shepard | $2,189 | $609 | -72.2% |
| Linda Wanek | $1,021 | $595 | -41.7% |
| Terrence G. McCaffrey | $889 | $594 | -33.2% |
| Gary Gordon Purcell | $938 | $593 | -36.8% |
| Green Farm, LLC | $0 | $583 | -- |
| The Lawrence R and Julia K Ludwigsen Rev Trustee - Lawrence Ludwi | $182 | $553 | 203.8% |
| Joseph W Boudeman | $1,520 | $528 | -65.3% |
| Zita M. Boyson | $725 | $513 | -29.2% |
| Charles Niemeier | $1,831 | $479 | -73.8% |
| Stanley Dalton Poff | $782 | $466 | -40.4% |
| Caroline Harnly | $872 | $419 | -51.9% |
| Mootz 1988 Survivors Trust | $635 | $419 | -34% |
| Pamela Douglas | $650 | $419 | -35.5% |
| The Tobiassen Family Trust | $553 | $345 | -37.6% |
| Judith L. O'Neal | $1,442 | $315 | -78.2% |
| Frances Q. Johnston | $0 | $299 | -- |
| Robert Leif Lillo | $292 | $292 | 0% |
| Helen E Stetson Living Trust | $810 | $275 | -66% |
| Kevin M. Lyons | $265 | $250 | -5.7% |
| Stoddard Ranches, Inc. | $0 | $238 | -- |
| Harold E. Barre | $624 | $210 | -66.3% |
| Gretchen T. Ostenberg | $956 | $200 | -79.1% |
| Daniel C Schoenthaler Trust | $361 | $142 | -60.7% |
| Zempel Sisters Partnership | $122 | $122 | 0% |
| Virgil Howard Gathright Trust | $11,930 | $114 | -99% |
| Rebecca Lombardo | $254 | $112 | -55.9% |
| Laura Zempel Dunn Test Trust | $60 | $60 | 0% |
| Samuel Hull | $387 | $55 | -85.8% |
| James Lowe | $22 | $8 | -63.6% |
| Cynthia Picetti | $23 | $5 | -78.3% |
| Cynthia Lebsack-Watterson | $0 | $5 | -- |
| Jennifer Lebsack | $0 | $5 | -- |
| Mp Farms | $200,643 | $0 | -100% |
| Billy C. Wineinger | $5,800 | $0 | -100% |
| Deborah Thompson | $946 | $0 | -100% |
| Ideal Walnut Company, Inc. | $22,654 | $0 | -100% |
| Vivian Fotinos | $13,418 | $0 | -100% |
| Delano Nursery, Inc. | $168,105 | $0 | -100% |
| June Triesch | $1,022 | $0 | -100% |
| Leon J. Winant | $1,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad S. Dahlberg | $46,495 | $0 | -100% |
| Laurie a Petrini Living Trust Dat | $2,152 | $0 | -100% |
| Bettencourt & Son, GP | $61,654 | $0 | -100% |
| Daylight Farms, LLC | $46,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry Pemberton | $4,545 | $0 | -100% |
| Karen E Leonard Supplemental Need | $1,951 | $0 | -100% |
| Kyle Pemberton | $25,276 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark A. Todd | $1,281 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger A. Erickson | $44,420 | $0 | -100% |
| Roger Allen Salisbury | $3,357 | $0 | -100% |
| Sweet Farm Foundation | $1,483 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy J. Dooley | $3,377 | $0 | -100% |
| Tyler Lee Butler | $31,897 | $0 | -100% |
| 238 Almond, LLC | $72,002 | $0 | -100% |
| Frank - Cafferkey Family Trust CA | $20,372 | $0 | -100% |
| Peggy B. Jones | $1,034 | $0 | -100% |
| William R. Lyons | $466 | $0 | -100% |
| Carl E Jukkola | $620 | $0 | -100% |
| Constance S. Sutton | $1,259 | $0 | -100% |
| James P. Hutt | $1,708 | $0 | -100% |
| Kelly H Lankford Exempt Family Trustee | $613 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Chleboun Joos | $4,144 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa Joos | $1,580 | $0 | -100% |
| Marital Trust of the V S Johnston 1984 U/A Dated 06/11/194 F | $484 | $0 | -100% |
| Robin H Mcglohn & Bette L Bohler | $4,454 | $0 | -100% |
| Douglas G. Winnett | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| The Joann Vandenberg Trust | $10,293 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Stark | $931 | $0 | -100% |
| Sara Jean Miller | $1,332 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven Bunch | $17,240 | $0 | -100% |
| Carol Scatena | $191 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth V. Clark | $1,247 | $0 | -100% |
| Mackimmie Fisheries, LLC | $2,305 | $0 | -100% |
| Mr. Morgan Fisheries | $74,858 | $0 | -100% |
| Carolyn Clary | $348 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Phillips | $20,934 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Fitzpatrick | $3,398 | $0 | -100% |
| Storytime Fisheries, LLC | $9,833 | $0 | -100% |
| Blue House Farm, LLC | $105,126 | $0 | -100% |
| Dede Boies Root Down Farm | $14,410 | $0 | -100% |
| Fifth Crow Farm, GP | $128,995 | $0 | -100% |
| Jack Buchalter | $6,117 | $0 | -100% |
| Muzzi Ranch, Inc. | $231,154 | $0 | -100% |
| Pescadero Terra Garden, Inc. | $269,697 | $0 | -100% |
| Westland Nursery, Inc. | $43,943 | $0 | -100% |
| Alhambra 8810, LLC | $45,218 | $0 | -100% |
| Connie C Harris Rev Trust DTD 01/26/04 - Connie C. Harris | $61,673 | $0 | -100% |
| Lo101-31. 1, LLC | $3,561 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark Mansfield | $441 | $0 | -100% |
| The Robbins Bypass Trust | $6,671 | $0 | -100% |
| John Falxa | $2,338 | $0 | -100% |
| Fabian Rodriguez | $3,629 | $0 | -100% |
| Kulbir Zenda | $10,469 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Leah Baker Trust | $14,424 | $0 | -100% |
| Zenda Farms, Inc. | $64,188 | $0 | -100% |
| Anita J Farndale | $8,344 | $0 | -100% |
| Glover Family Trust Uad August 11 | $296 | $0 | -100% |
| K Ranch, LLC | $6,105 | $0 | -100% |
| North Butte, Inc. | $20,570 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul Fuoss-the Fuoss-Alexander Li | $1,029 | $0 | -100% |
| Richard Glover | $923 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth Anderson | $958 | $0 | -100% |
| S&J Fisheries, Inc. | $21,941 | $0 | -100% |
| Sharon Anderson | $958 | $0 | -100% |
| Andrew R. Castillo | $7,881 | $0 | -100% |
| Brum Commercial Fishing, Inc. | $16,138 | $0 | -100% |
| Bunter Financial Limited Partners | $1,910 | $0 | -100% |
| Estate of Robin L Kingsley Sweany | $5,048 | $0 | -100% |
| Helen M Reynolds 2000 Revocable T | $6,594 | $0 | -100% |
| Jadallah Farms, Inc. | $53,178 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee Farms | $84,089 | $0 | -100% |
| Maybelene Young | $26,036 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronald Young | $26,036 | $0 | -100% |
| The Helen M Reynolds 2000 Rev Trustee | $1,834 | $0 | -100% |
| The Helen M Reynolds Rev Trustee | $920 | $0 | -100% |
| Closed Zone Ranch, Inc. | $4,507 | $0 | -100% |
| Irrevocable Trust for John J Benetti JR | $320 | $0 | -100% |
| Irrevocable Trust for Laura E Benetti | $320 | $0 | -100% |
| Irrevocable Trust for Maria N Lujan | $320 | $0 | -100% |
| Trust a Under the John and Eleanor Benetti Revocable Trust | $1,926 | $0 | -100% |
| Trust C Non Exempt Under the Benetti Revocable Trust | $214 | $0 | -100% |
| 2 D S D, LLC | $52,531 | $0 | -100% |
| Craig London | $12,605 | $0 | -100% |
| Luanne Rotticci | $7,402 | $0 | -100% |
| Narinder Kapany | $29,910 | $0 | -100% |
| William F. Gilbert | $26,207 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $3,634,740 | $1,187,325 | -67.3% |
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