date:Apr 01, 2012
ction line has always been important, but for candy manufacturers, one of the biggest hurdles is the 2012 farm bill that is coming down the pike.
A grassroots organization called the Coalition for Sugar Reform is seeking to overturn the federal governments decades-old sugar subsidy and import quotas. Ellek points out that the subsidies keep domestic sugar prices artificially higher than world prices. Candy manufacturers are lobbying on Capitol Hill, but we dont have deep pockets like sugar grow