I also enjoyed the article... and like to garden and have a number of high tunnels. They are awesome to have.  BUT, it is important to remember that the money to build these USDA funded projects was taken from people under threat of violence, in the form of taxes.  It is a dangerous thing for the government to take from one and give to another. I want a high tunnel, another person a root cellar.  Still another a wind turbine and yet another a back up generator.   Will we all buy these things for each other?

It is also very important to remember that when doling out money/resources, governments do a very poor job getting good value.  Not directly government, but an example is the food bank sending boxes of food out to elders, notwithstanding the needs of the individual.  A friend who is a Tier One retired teacher, receives one every month.