Comments on: Farm Bill Passes Out of House Ag Committee http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:36:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rachel Bonfanti http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/comment-page-1#comment-1834 Rachel Bonfanti Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:10:39 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/#comment-1834 Local Procurement as a means to provide healthier, more environmentally friendly lunch options to school children is an important step in improving America’s food dilemma. As a child, I attended public schools in Jacksonville, Florida and regularly ate school lunches. Year after year, the schools’ cafeterias passed off junk food like pizza and french fries as a good lunch. Fruits and vegetables were always from a can if they appeared in the lunch line at all. Why have our public school kids been eating this junk for years? Our currently dysfunctional Farm Bill has everything to do with it and unless change is made, kids (especially from lower income families) will continue to eat poorly at school. We need healthy food for a healthy future. Check out <a href="http://www.healthyfarmbill.org/" rel="nofollow">www.healthyfarmbill.org</a> to send a letter to Congress urging them to make positive change. Visit <a href="”http://www.farmandfoodproject.org/”" rel="nofollow">www.farmandfoodproject.org</a> to read more about the 2007 Farm Bill and the Farm and Food Policy Project. Local Procurement as a means to provide healthier, more environmentally friendly lunch options to school children is an important step in improving America’s food dilemma. As a child, I attended public schools in Jacksonville, Florida and regularly ate school lunches. Year after year, the schools’ cafeterias passed off junk food like pizza and french fries as a good lunch. Fruits and vegetables were always from a can if they appeared in the lunch line at all. Why have our public school kids been eating this junk for years? Our currently dysfunctional Farm Bill has everything to do with it and unless change is made, kids (especially from lower income families) will continue to eat poorly at school. We need healthy food for a healthy future. Check out http://www.healthyfarmbill.org to send a letter to Congress urging them to make positive change.
Visit http://www.farmandfoodproject.org to read more about the 2007 Farm Bill and the Farm and Food Policy Project.

]]> By: Tzimmes-Maker http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/comment-page-1#comment-1833 Tzimmes-Maker Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:59:34 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/#comment-1833 Naomi, Thanks for your comment. I'm glad someone finally gets the tzimmes reference. There are good ideas in the Kind amendment (http://www.rules.house.gov/110/special_rules/hr2419/110-110_hr2419_kind110.pdf), but many risks as well-- risks for small farmers with the changes to the Commodity title (farm subsidies) and the risk of extending the 2002 farm bill if neither bill passes. There are many nutrition, health, diversity and rural development additions to the Ag Committee bill and there are potential political consequences to the Farm Bill. It's important to recognize the nuance of the issue and not necessarily see it as a black and white issue. Naomi,

Thanks for your comment. I’m glad someone finally gets the tzimmes reference. There are good ideas in the Kind amendment (http://www.rules.house.gov/110.....nd110.pdf), but many risks as well– risks for small farmers with the changes to the Commodity title (farm subsidies) and the risk of extending the 2002 farm bill if neither bill passes. There are many nutrition, health, diversity and rural development additions to the Ag Committee bill and there are potential political consequences to the Farm Bill. It’s important to recognize the nuance of the issue and not necessarily see it as a black and white issue.

]]> By: Naomi Marcus http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/comment-page-1#comment-1830 Naomi Marcus Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:41:03 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/#comment-1830 Dear Tsimmes, This is soooo important. The Farm Bill comes up every 5 years and determines what is produced, where it is produced, and how it is produced, and ultimately what food is marketed, distributed, and sold. Farm policies and subsidies are responsible for the high fructose corn syrup-laced drinks, corn-fed livestock, and soy-derivative pseudofood diet that Americans eat. THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE. Check out the website of Congressman Ron Kind, who wants to reduce the amount going to the big industrial agriculture and nurture small farms and health and nutrition programs, as well as provide food to the hungry. www.house.gov/kind/press/070724_fairness_amendment.pdf. And keep making a tsimmes! Naomi Dear Tsimmes,

This is soooo important. The Farm Bill comes up every 5 years and determines what is produced, where it is produced, and how it is produced, and ultimately what food is marketed, distributed, and sold. Farm policies and subsidies are responsible for the high fructose corn syrup-laced drinks, corn-fed livestock, and soy-derivative pseudofood diet that Americans eat. THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE. Check out the website of Congressman Ron Kind, who wants to reduce the amount going to the big industrial agriculture and nurture small farms and health and nutrition programs, as well as provide food to the hungry. http://www.house.gov/kind/pres.....ndment.pdf.

And keep making a tsimmes!

Naomi

]]> By: Naomi Marcus http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/comment-page-1#comment-1829 Naomi Marcus Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:35:15 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/#comment-1829 Dear Tsimmes, This is soooo important. The Farm Bill comes up every 5 years --and this is Dear Tsimmes,

This is soooo important. The Farm Bill comes up every 5 years –and this is

]]> By: gp http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/comment-page-1#comment-1798 gp Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:17:21 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/farm-bill-passes-out-of-house-ag-committee/#comment-1798 shalom.. .laughing out loud at the Kool aid reference since we use that here all the time. We must, must press on for this. gp in montana shalom.. .laughing out loud at the Kool aid reference since we use that here all the time. We must, must press on for this.

gp in montana

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