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The Farm Bill shapes our food and farm system in the U.S., and, through the Nutrition Title, helps millions of Americans afford food. But with nutrition assistance programs like SNAP vulnerable to cuts, and rural food access weakened by decades of corporate consolidation, how well is the Farm Bill really serving eaters?
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The 1,493 community hospitals and VA hospitals/medical centers in the north central U.S.Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsinspend an estimated $718 million to 1.3 billion each year on food and beverages.
The varieties and uses of genetically altered crops have grown much more rapidly than our ability to understand or appropriately regulate them. At this writing, we have only a small core of scientific information to understand the short- and long-term environmental effects of these crops.
Final report of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
At the first Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture on 23-24 March 2000, it was agreed that the Secretariat would provide, inter alia, "an update and extension of the information contained in AIE/S7" (paragraph 7(b) of G/AG/NG/1).
At the first Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture on 23-24 March 2000, it was agreed that the Secretariat would provide, inter alia, "an update and extension of the information contained in AIE/S7" (paragraph 7(b) of G/AG/NG/1).
This document was downloaded from the USMCA Secretariat website and shared here for reference.