食品和农业法案何时到期?

After allowing the 2018 food and farm bill to expire and then retroactively extending it, 国会现在面临着一个新的倒计时, with the bill set to expire again at the end of September. 从农场到餐桌, the half a trillion-dollar food and farm bill impacts every facet of our food system.

• 21.100万人 work in the US food and farm sectors —they’re 10.5 percent of the nation’s workers, they need more protections.
• 41.200万人 低收入家庭 received food assistance through the SNAP program in 2022——12.5%的美国.S. 人口. 食物 assistance not only helps provide basic food security to our community’s most vulnerable, it also benefits farms and businesses in our communities by supporting local spending.
• 43.800万英亩农场 enrolled in USDA conservation programs under the food and farm bill in 2021—an area larger than the state of Florida. Participating farms are helping keep water clean and fight climate change, 而且需求只会增加.

还不是紧急情况. Extending the existing food and farm bill gave Congress time and breathing room to write the kind of bill the country needs: one that rises to the challenge of the moment by making farm programs more equitable, enabling farmers to thrive in the face of a changing climate and be part of the solution, creating a more secure and resilient food system for all of us.

But Congress must pass a food and farm bill soon. And when they do, they must do more to address the needs of everyone—including the 331.9 million people living in the United States who eat food!

了解更多 about how the food and farm bill can:

• 让农民成为617888九五至尊娱乐解决方案的一部分
• Create better working conditions and strong protections for workers,
• Create more sustainable food systems that protect our health and the planet.

然后 采取行动 to lend your voice to building a more transformational food and farm bill!