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Food Research and Action Center:
Congressional committees already have begun preparing for the 2007 Farm Bill, which will reauthorize the Food Stamp Program (as well as farm subsidy, conservation and other programs).
While many comments are expected to be submitted by farmers and ranchers concerned with other titles of the bill, the anti-hunger community has a great opportunity to use the Web-based comment process to build early momentum for investments in the nutrition title.
It is not too early for our community to lay down a marker for the FY 2008 Budget (being developed this autumn by the Administration) that will affect the fiscal and programmatic shape of the next Farm Bill.
For other testimony on the nutrition title of the 2007 Farm Bill, visit FRAC's Farm Bill Food Stamp Reauthorization Action Center.
Note that the Senate Agriculture Committee Web site tool asks about your interest in agriculture (check "other"), region (12 listed to choose from), and areas of special interest (leave blank because none of the options relate to the nutrition title).
"My top priority [our organization's top priority] for the 2007 Farm Bill is a strong nutrition title that reauthorizes and strengthens the Food Stamp Program.
While food stamp outreach and nutrition education are making important inroads, too many eligible people are missing out on benefits.
Therefore, we urge the 2007 Farm Bill and FY 2008 Budget to invest resources to make food stamp benefit allotments more adequate, to open eligibility to more vulnerable people, and to connect more eligible people with benefits.
Posted on October 5, 2006 01:01 AM
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