Tagged U.S. Farm Bill

After letting U.S. Farm Bill expire, will Congress act now on world hunger?
November 16, 2012 / Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service

On America’s Election Day, Nov. 6, nearly 1 billion people around the world went hungry. By the end of December, nearly 11 million children in the developing world will have died this year from causes related to malnutrition. Hunger is the world’s number one health risk, killing more people… Read more »

Op-Ed: Keep the SNAP aid program strong
April 6, 2012 / Steve Gutow and Abby Leibman, JTA

(JTA) — A well-known D.C. maxim advises that any economic stimulus must be timely, targeted and temporary. So as legislators begin drafting the 2012 Farm Bill, why are some proposing to cut a program that responds in direct relation to need, supports recipients for an average of just nine… Read more »