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Strategic Alliance Comment Letter on 2015 Report of Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Read Strategic Alliance's comments on the 2015  Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's report here.

 

Farm Bill 2012

Every five years, Congress renews the "Farm Bill," a comprehensive piece of legislation that includes farm and agricultural policies and that also includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The farm bill is perhaps the most critical legislation shaping every aspect of our food system-from how foods are produced to what ends up in grocery stores and on our kitchen tables. Specifically, it presents opportunities to protect farmland, promote production of healthier products, create new market opportunities for farmers, support beginning and minority farmers, and protect the environment. It also includes provisions concerning healthy food retail and federal nutrition programs.

While advocates have had a voice in shaping the farm bill for many years, many interest groups have previously worked in silos to ensure that their issues were heard on Capitol Hill. The most recent farm bill, passed in June 2008, was a chance for new partners to come together to determine mutually beneficial goals that address the needs of farmers, rural and urban communities, and all people who depend on a healthy food system.

 

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act (CNR)

The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act authorizes all of the federal school meal and child nutrition programs, which provide funding to ensure that low-income children have access to healthy and nutritious foods. The child nutrition programs touch millions of children each day, and improves educational achievement, economic security, nutrition and health.

Although the programs are permanently authorized, every five years Congress reviews these programs through the reauthorization process. Reauthorization provides an opportunity to improve and strengthen these programs so they better meet the needs of our nation's children.

Child nutrition programs included in Child Nutrition Reauthorization:
  • National School Lunch Program
  • School Breakfast Program
  • Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • Summer Food Service Program
  • Afterschool Snack and Meal Program
  • Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  • Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
  • WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program
  • Special Milk Program

 

 
 
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