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Tuesday July 10 ~ 10 am – 11:30 am PDT/1 pm – 2:30 pm EDT The Senate completed work on the Farm Bill Thursday June 21, approving final passage by a bipartisan vote of 64 to 35 after three days of...
View ArticleThe Long Shadow of the Farm Bill and its Impact on Public Health
Cross-posted from the Colorado Health Foundation’s Health Relay blog By Jennifer Billig, Senior Program Leader at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy In the United States, and increasingly...
View Article2012 Farm Bill: Do Agriculture Leaders Have Enough Gas and Road Left to...
By Gabrielle Serra For anyone who follows what goes on (or what doesn’t) in Washington, it’s a well-known fact that significant pressure on members to act is a major ingredient for the success of any...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Deal Cuts SNAP-Ed, Critical Nutrition Program
Cross-posted from the Public Health Institute Statement by Matthew Marsom, Vice President for Public Health Policy and Advocacy “The last-minute political maneuvering by Congress to avoid the ‘fiscal...
View ArticleCongress Includes Awful 2008 Farm Bill Extension in Fiscal Cliff Deal
Cross-posted from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition On New Year’s Eve, the Senate passed a simple extension of the 2008 Farm Bill through September 30, 2013, as part of a much bigger...
View ArticleAmerica’s Farmers Lose in Fiscal Cliff Deal
Cross-posted from the Center for Social Inclusion By Anthony Giancatarino, Coordinator of Research & Advocacy Congress has once again proved that making sausage is a more attractive process to...
View ArticleCFJC Response to Fiscal Cliff Deal and Farm Bill
Cross-posted from the Community Food and Justice Coalition While on vacation in Hawaii, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on Thursday. Almost unnoticed, a one-year Farm...
View ArticleBeyond the Farm Bill
Cross-posted from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy The failure of Congress to pass a Farm Bill in 2012, and the ensuing disastrous nine-month extension that eviscerated a score of...
View ArticleSenate Passes 2013 Farm Bill, Attention Turns to the House
Cross posted from National Sustainable Agriculture On Monday evening, June 10, the Senate passed its version of the 2013 Farm Bill by a vote of 66-27. The bill passed with strong bipartisan support,...
View ArticleFarm Policy Roundup
Cross-posted from American Farm Land Trust By Jeremy Peters Senate Passes Farm Bill This week, the United States Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013. The bipartisan vote was...
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