The US needs another Orville Freeman, someone who understands the intricacies of both economics and food production. Pretty much no-one in a position to affect subsidies and the legal system has a clue. And this isn't unique to the USA, watching Clarson's Farm is a prime example of a bunch of know-nothing politicians screwing things up. Which is how for example in TX, half of the rural community is getting AG exemptions on their property taxes, while not actually producing anything other than tax dodges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Freeman https://ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/_laserfiche/publica...

I'm not from the US, so no idea if Thomas Massie would be anything approaching what you described? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Massie