I’d be remiss in my ongoing campaign against the dangers of the Corn Lobby if I failed to note that Hillary Clinton campaign, according to a report by ABC News’ Jake Tapper, announced plans to hold a “Rural Americans for Hillary” briefing and luncheon in the Washington offices of the lobbying firm that represents agribusiness giant Monsanto. Monsanto is a major employer in Iowa, but this is ridiculous.

–Garance Franke-Ruta

Garance Franke-Ruta is a former senior editor at the Prospect. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She was a 2006 recipient of a fellowship at the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University.