Obesity is a widely acknowledged public health problem in the United States. We don’t eat enough fresh fruits and vegetables, we don’t exercise enough, and we eat too many “empty calorie” foods. Part of the reason for these behaviors is that our environment does not provide us with easy access to healthier foods or physical activity.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reviewed a recent report by the Farmers’ Legal Action Group. The authors underscore the importance of providing farmers with economic incentive to grow fruits and vegetables, which often do not provide the same return on investment as commodity crops such as corn and soybeans. They make several recommendations as to how federal agriculture and nutrition programs can be modified to encourage production of more crops that provide us with the nutrients we are now lacking. How would you change current policy? Tell us in comments.