Little of the profits produced by American agriculture stays in rural America. During 1973, the farmer received less than 46 cents of every food dollar spent at the supermarket even though food prices continued to soar. Farm subsidy payments, originally designed to protect the small farmer's income, were diverted to corporate giants, large farmers, or, in some instances, royalty. Food price and farm income increases did very little for the small farmer in 1973. Thus, the number of farms continued to decline (an estimated 100,000 people left rural America). Agribusiness corporations received 71% of all profits from the U. S. food industry. Also, the country's 2,809,000 farmworkers are suffering from low wages, seasonal work, limited coverage under protective labor legislation, increased mechanization, lack of alternative job opportunities, few marketable skills, poor education, and critical health and housing needs. Such organizations as the United Farm Workers of America, Southern Mutual Help Association, National Coalition for Land Reform, National Sharecroppers Fund, and Experimental Farm and Training Center are working on these problems, showing that reform and revitalization in rural America are possible. (NQ)