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Strengthen the Farm Bill! Reduce Hunger and Help Rural America
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: Bread for the World
2007 marks the reauthorization of the farm bill, a critical piece of legislation that touches everyone in this country – especially those who struggle to have enough to eat.
Under the current farm bill, financial support for farmers is skewed to the largest growers. Resources are diverted away from rural development, and farmers in the developing world are being undercut.
Beyond farm policy, the farm bill provides for our country’s nutrition assistance programs - the nation’s first line of defense against hunger. Over 35 million Americans, including more than 12 million children, live in households that struggle to put food on the table. Yet, not everyone who is hungry is getting help from our nutrition programs.
This farm bill can be made to better serve those who need help most: farmers who struggle to get by, rural communities - where 20 percent of children live in poverty, hungry families in both urban and rural areas and struggling farmers in developing countries.
With adequate funding for key sections, the farm bill would:- Make sure hungry families in the U.S. receive the food assistance they need.
- Help generate new jobs and strengthen small businesses in rural communities.
- Better target financial support to farm families of modest means.
- Level the playing field for poor farmers overseas.
- Operate food aid programs that work quickly and efficiently in international emergencies.
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We signed the “Strengthen the Farm Bill! Reduce Hunger and Help Rural America” petition!
# 14,200:
7:56 am PST, Dec 21,
Name not displayed, New York
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4:49 pm PST, Dec 10,
Debra G. Manos, South Carolina
This bill needs to address the SMALL farmers in America!
This bill needs to address the SMALL farmers in America!
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12:05 pm PST, Dec 8,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
As a dietitian I see many malnourished patients and strongly support a bill to end hunger and support the farmer
As a dietitian I see many malnourished patients and strongly support a bill to end hunger and support the farmer
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1:31 pm PST, Dec 6,
Kaila Parmalee, South Carolina
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7:12 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Maine
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8:16 am PST, Nov 21,
Jennifer Martino, California
It is the right thing to do more than anything else. Charity starts at home.
It is the right thing to do more than anything else. Charity starts at home.
# 14,194:
5:31 pm PST, Nov 19,
Missy Timmons, California
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1:11 am PST, Nov 17,
Johnny GILBERT, New Jersey
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6:52 am PST, Nov 16,
Diane Loran, Washington
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9:21 am PST, Nov 15,
REGINA WIRTH, Germany
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9:48 am PST, Nov 14,
Rajashekhar Chava, Pennsylvania
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4:09 pm PST, Nov 13,
Name not displayed, Romania
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7:49 pm PST, Nov 12,
Jenna Iden, Florida
We can't even hope to solve world hunger and poverty if we overlook our own downtrodden. Please fix this farm bill!
We can't even hope to solve world hunger and poverty if we overlook our own downtrodden. Please fix this farm bill!
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1:19 am PST, Nov 12,
Robert Lindsay, California
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9:32 am PST, Nov 4,
Misha Cohen, New York
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10:40 am PDT, Oct 29,
Ai Mahoney, Pennsylvania
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9:04 am PDT, Oct 23,
Helga Preinesberger, Ohio
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10:50 am PDT, Oct 20,
Trina Meloche, Canada
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1:12 pm PDT, Oct 18,
Denise Flora, Virginia
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12:21 pm PDT, Oct 18,
Bobbi Jo Dubelaar, Netherlands
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11:09 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Jacqueline Rush, Pennsylvania
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9:51 am PDT, Oct 17,
Joyce Smith, Michigan
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3:18 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Christine Baker, Florida
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3:02 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Heather Om, Georgia
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12:53 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Christie R, Delaware
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3:45 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Zaina Escandon Francis, Guatemala
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5:32 am PDT, Oct 15,
Liz Hartless, Michigan
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9:32 am PDT, Oct 11,
Jonathan Knowles, United Kingdom
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12:42 pm PDT, Oct 8,
Glory Miller, South Carolina
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7:06 pm PDT, Oct 7,
Catherine Anne Galvin, New Jersey
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11:48 pm PDT, Oct 6,
Robin Harrison, Oklahoma
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7:55 pm PDT, Oct 2,
Holly Swint, Florida
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4:59 am PDT, Oct 1,
Margaret Patrick, United Kingdom
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7:10 pm PDT, Sep 30,
Erica Thompson, Texas
We need to help these people. Everyone deserves to live a happy life!
We need to help these people. Everyone deserves to live a happy life!
# 14,166:
4:15 pm PDT, Sep 23,
Michael Mitsuda, California
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10:59 am PDT, Sep 23,
BiLL Fowlie, Maine
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5:43 pm PDT, Sep 22,
Ruth Bauzo, Massachusetts
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11:29 am PDT, Sep 21,
Melanie Gibson, Indiana
Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid is a joke. I have an Aunt that that is on medicare, she had an accident and they stopped paying for her care when she needed them the most! She had to use up her whole life savings to pay her bill at a nursing home/health care campus just to get her well enough so she could go home. I also have a cousin that can't get the help she needs. For her it's pay bills or eat,one or the other. Hey Congress it’s time to fix the farm bill!
Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid is a joke. I have an Aunt that that is on medicare, she had an accident and they stopped paying for her care when she needed them the most! She had to use up her whole life savings to pay her bill at a nursing home/health care campus just to get her well enough so she could go home. I also have a cousin that can't get the help she needs. For her it's pay bills or eat,one or the other. Hey Congress it’s time to fix the farm bill!
# 14,162:
9:24 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Patty Brock, Indiana
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8:35 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Duane Gibson, Indiana
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5:00 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Nancy Bowman, Indiana
As one who is on SS/medicare/medicaid "select" ( what a joke) I have been insulted by every person in office I have talked to. Mitch needs to GO after selling out to IBM. That is a private company using MY tax dollars I have put in since 1864. YOU - the GONGRESS- and all others on their OWN retirement program should be on SS just like everyone else and we'll see how quickly things are changed!! YOU live on $700/mo or less and be told you make too much money to get more than $10/mo. food stamps!! That doesn't even pay the basics. We've been sold out by greedy, grafting liars. The last I heard WE are the government!! You people in office CAN and WILL be replaced!
As one who is on SS/medicare/medicaid "select" ( what a joke) I have been insulted by every person in office I have talked to. Mitch needs to GO after selling out to IBM. That is a private company using MY tax dollars I have put in since 1864. YOU - the GONGRESS- and all others on their OWN retirement program should be on SS just like everyone else and we'll see how quickly things are changed!! YOU live on $700/mo or less and be told you make too much money to get more than $10/mo. food stamps!! That doesn't even pay the basics. We've been sold out by greedy, grafting liars. The last I heard WE are the government!! You people in office CAN and WILL be replaced!
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7:06 pm PDT, Sep 17,
Kyna Crain, Montana
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9:15 am PDT, Sep 15,
Anne Romanow, Illinois
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2:53 pm PDT, Sep 11,
Sandy Hornfeck, Arizona
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4:13 am PDT, Sep 11,
Sean Martin, Colorado
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11:35 am PDT, Sep 10,
Br Michael Anthony, Florida
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11:00 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Kevin Murnane, New Jersey
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10:29 am PDT, Sep 7,
Margaret Gotsch, New York
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10:25 am PDT, Sep 5,
R. Khan, Massachusetts
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1:08 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Vikram Neal Seetharaman, Ohio