Fun ag/local econ. facts from July Harper's Index

• Amount that a Colorado state prisoner is paid to work a day as a field hand at a local farm: $0.60
• Amount the prisons are paid by farmers for each inmate's daily work: $77.20
• Amount the USDA's Rural Development program has given in aid to distressed rural areas since 2001: $8,600,000,000
• Amount the program has given to metropolitan areas, retirement communities, and resorts: $39,100,000,000
• Percentage of every dollar spent at a locally owned Chicago store that is retained or recirculated in the city: 68
• Percentage of every dollar spent at a chain store in Chicago that is: 43
• Portion of the worldwide revenue from food retailing accounted for by ten corporations: 1/4