September 13th is National Peanut Day. In spite of being a delicious and nutritious food, peanuts are causing a sticky situation in Haiti. Is dumping peanuts on Haiti good or bad? That’s the wrong question. After two years of a bumper peanut crop in the U.S. that was brought about by price subsidies paid to farmers by taxpayers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) is shipping surplus peanuts to Haiti. On the surface, this seems like a good idea: kids are hungry, some starving. … Read More