safety net, 3, 13–14, 16, 24, 36, 75–76, 93–94, 101, 104–105, 116, 210, 211

school lunch, 10, 12, 63–64

second generation biofuels. See advanced biofuels

set-aside landsSee also acreage reduction program; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), 2, 19, 23, 56, 63, 66, 69, 136–137, 192

situational context, 2–4, 27–28, 32, 35, 37, 39, 43, 47, 49, 53–54, 58–59, 62–64, 76, 83–89, 93, 97, 99, 106–109, 114–115, 118–119, 127, 132–133, 143, 153, 162, 164, 169, 172–174, 176, 180–181, 185, 187, 195–196, 208

social construction, 33, 41–44, 46, 143, 157, 175, 179

social justice, 21–22, 24, 27, 38, 95, 98, 126, 135, 137, 183, 193, 210, 211

social movement theory, 3–5, 30–35, 37, 40, 48–51, 53–54, 86, 88, 109, 120, 124, 143, 164, 173–174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 187, 190, 195, 205, 206, 207

Soil Bank, 11, 56, 63

soil erosionSee also environmental conservation, 2, 6, 11, 13, 18, 70, 80, 128–129, 168, 184

Soviet grain embargo. See Soviet Union

Soviet Union, 10, 65, 67, 182

soybean, 2–3, 5, 7–8, 11–12, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 63, 88, 93–96, 98, 100–101, 103, 106, 111, 116–118, 120, 122–123, 126–127, 132, 138–141, 155–158, 160–162, 171–172, 177, 186, 205, 210, 213

specialty crop, 93–94, 188, 193, 209

status quo policy. See policy stability

stewardship, 6, 19, 23, 35, 104, 106, 115, 192

subsidies. See commodity subsidies

subsidy reform. See commodity reform

supply management, 36, 61, 63, 73

sustainable agriculture, 3, 5–7, 9, 11, 15, 23–25, 27–28, 30, 38, 41, 57, 67–71, 74–78, 80–81, 104–107, 114, 118–120, 123–124, 126, 137–138, 141–142, 144, 152, 155, 159, 161, 164–166, 168, 171, 174–175, 179, 181, 184–196, 205, 206, 207–208

sustainable energy, 123, 131, 137, 141, 152–153, 159, 161, 165, 167, 175, 179–180, 186, 192

switchgrass, 19, 128, 139

symbolic driver, 42, 49, 123, 132, 155, 167

target price, 10, 17, 65–67, 76

tone, 32, 207

trade agreement, 36, 90–91, 93, 98, 102, 109–111, 113, 116–117, 182, 211, 214

trade association, 16–17, 22, 39, 107, 126, 134–135, 137, 139–140, 183

trade barrierSee also trade distorting, 2, 8, 22, 36–37, 74, 90–91, 99, 101, 208, 214