RT Journal
A1 Farry K
T1 EConomic conditions and obesity
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD June 24
VO 301
IS 24
SP 2546
OP 2547
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.870
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.870
AB 
To the Editor: I would like to correct an error in the otherwise excellent and thought-provoking Commentary by Drs Ludwig and Pollack.1 The article's assertion that “family farms have all but disappeared, largely replaced by industrial agriculture” is not correct. Ninety-eight percent of US farms in the 2004 farm census were “family farms.”2 Nonfamily corporations account for less than 1% of farms and 6% to 7% of farm products sales in each agricultural census since 1978.2