OFFICIAL DAILY ACTION FOR Tuesday, July 11th!
Take Action for the Farm Bill.
From our friends at the Faith Action Network in Seattle, WA:
Take action today to ask Congress to prioritize food assistance programs in the reauthorization of the Farm Bill. Write to your senators and representative, using the template linked here, to let them know what you’d like to see included in the reauthorization of the Farm Bill. We’ll keep you posted in the months ahead on specific pieces of the Farm Bill being negotiated. For now, Congress needs to hear from you about your concern for your neighbors! If you can, take a moment to personalize your letter with a story about someone you know who is affected by food insecurity or the complexities of farming.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/take-action-for-the-farm-bill
Congress will reauthorize the Farm Bill this year. This is an opportunity to build more equitable and sustainable food systems in the US and abroad by strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other food assistance programs. Find more information about the Farm Bill and its impacts on these web pages:
https://www.bread.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Nutrition-One-Pager-Bread.pdf
https://frac.org/action/snap-farm-bill/road-to-the-farm-bill
Faith communities and local social service organizations work with passion to meet the needs of people in their communities who struggle with food insecurity. However, they cannot address the bigger issues of entrenched food insecurity in many parts of the world and the associated intertwining challenges in our agricultural communities. Congress can. Reauthorizing the Farm Bill is an opportunity for our federal government to advance the common good nationally and globally, especially for those who need basic nutritional support for healthy lives.
Help us track our impact: Please bookmark our revamped Daily Action Form, and fill it out whenever you do one of our Daily Actions! https://goo.gl/forms/lbHUvI9h58f0dLqx1
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