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Farm
Bill 2007-2008 and California
New
Fact Sheet Available: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
State-by State Analysis of Nutrition Provisions http://www.cbpp.org/5-8-08fa.htm
Farm
Bill Snafu! Due to a paperwork error, the Farm Bill has
to go through the process of being voted on, vetoed and
overridden again. But don't worry, this is simply offers
us another opportunity to thank our members again for doing
the right thing and voting in favor of the bill. Here are
some ideas of how to do that.
• Write
a thank you letter
• Send a thank you sign-on from the groups who have sent
sign-ons in the past;
• Write a letter to the editor of your local paper acknowledging
the member’s work;
• Have a food stamp participant write a thank you letter
explaining how this will help them;
• Issue a press statement on the benefits of the nutrition
title and mention the member’s contribution;
• Include an acknowledgement in newsletter articles on the
nutrition title of the Farm Bill;
• Ask your member to write an article for your newsletter
(with help from you!);
• If you or any partner group has an annual dinner, fundraiser,
or other event invite the member and offer to honor them
in some way (give an award, include acknowledgement in press
materials, highlight the Member’s contribution in written
materials) and invite the press; or
• Invite the member to visit an emergency food site to receive
an award or other recognition of their work on the Farm
Bill (invite press, of course).
May
16, 2008 Senate passes Farm Bill Conference Report
by an overwhelming margin of 81 to 15.
Both California Senators, Boxer and Feinstein, voted Yay
for the bill.
May 14, 2008 Farm Bill overwhelmingly passes
the House with a vote of 318 to 106.
Click here for a list of how Members voted: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll315.xml
FRAC has listed statements from legislators
- go here to see them: http://www.frac.org/farmbill_statements_may2008.htm
Click
here to see a copy of CAFB's statement
LEARN MORE:
MEDIA:
-
KMPH 26: Federal Farm Bill Lingers; Local Food Banks Struggle
- KRON
4: Housing Crisis Creates Increase in Food Stamp Applications
- Hillary
Clinton Speaks about Farm Bill in Butte County
- San
Francisco Chronicle: Building Farm Bill Confounds Democrats
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Reuters: Some Leeway on April 18 Deadline
- Enterprise
Record - Chico: Farmbill Fight Intensifies
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Reuters: New Farm Law Hinges on Anti-hunger Programs
- TradingMarkets.com:
Hungry American's Cannot Wait - Quotes from A2H
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Ventura Times Star: Farm Bill Needs Urgent OK
- Reuters:
Senate Leaders Ask Whitehouse for Help on Farm Law
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Wall Street Journal: Farm Lobby Beats Back Assault on
Subsidies
- Modesto
Bee: Finishing Farm Bill on Congress' Plate
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Wall Street Journal: Our Farm Bill Will Harvest Big Savings
- The
Californian - Salinas: Farm Bill Delayed Again
-
LA Times editorial, Farm Bill Feeds Greed
- NY
Times Editorial, "Fairness on the Farm"
- Vacaville
Reporter, Letter to Editor from Larry Sly, FBCCS
- Sac
Bee -- Greater need, skimpier shelvest at food banks
- NY
Times, Food Banks, in a Squeeze, Tighten Belts
- San
Gabriel Valley Tribune: Food Banks Feel the Pinch
- La
Opinion, Ninos quedan con hambre
- Orange
County Register: Food Banks Look to Fill Shelves as Holidays
Near; Food Donations, Esp. from the Federal Government,
Are Down...
- Sacramento
Bee Editorial: The food safety net would grow a bit stronger
- SJ
Mercury News editorial: Congress needs to trim fat, emphasize
nutrition in Farm Bill
- Food
Stamp Heat for Di-Fi
- SF
Chronicle: Boxer, Feinstein Yet to Reveal where they Stand
on Farm Bill
- NY
Times: Article on EFAP Decline
- Oakland
Tribune: Op-Ed by Reps. George Miller and Pete Stark
- NY
Times: Supplies Dwindle at Food Pantries as Financing
Bill Stalls
- KALW
"Your Call": Food Stamps and the Farm Bill, with Kim McCoy
Wade, CAFB
- San
Jose Mercury News op-ed, Food Stamp Diet Challenge was
an Unhealthy Exercise
- Fresno
Bee, Editorial Opinion Blog on Food Stamp Birthday
- San
Jose Mercury News, Letter to Editor
- San
Jose Mercury News, Column on Food Stamp Challenge
- Sacramento
Bee, "Small boost for food stamps"
- Sacramento
Bee, op-ed by Asm. Mark Leno
- Fremont
Argus, op-ed by Rep. Pete Stark
- San
Bernardino Sun Letter to Editor on Food Stamps (Word)
- San
Diego Union Tribune, Cost tops content in meal from food
stamps
- Contra
Costa Times, Rep. Lee took Food Stamp Challenge
- Oakland
Tribune, Rep Lee's Food Tab: $21/week
- San
Bernardino Sun, Families Struggle with Meager Food Stamps
- San
Francisco Chronicle editorial, The Food Stamp Diet
- San
Francisco Chronicle op-ed, Hungry even in San Francisco
- ANG
News, Cong. Lee Highlights Food Stamp Plight
- Sacramento
Radio on Decline in Emergency Food from USDA
- Asm
Mark Leno Taking the Food Stamp Challenge
- Wall
Street Journal Letter to Editor on USDA Emergency Food
- San
Jose Mercury News Editorial
- "Food
stamp debate heats up" in San Gabriel Valley Tribune,
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Pasadena Star
- LA
Times columnist Takes the Food Stamp Challenge!
- Fresno
Bee Op-Ed by Jean Ross
- LA
Times editorial on hunger and food stamps
- Washington
Post: Lawmakers Find $21/week doesn’t buy a lot of groceries
- New
York Times Editorial: Hunger and Food Stamps
- Farm
Bill Resource Center
For
more information, contact Kim at
kim@cafoodbanks.org
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