URGENT: Ask Your Representative to Cosponsor HR 2720, the “Healthy Food Bill”: Ask Your Representative to Cosponsor HR 2720, the “Healthy Food Bill”: Call and e-mail your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor HR 2720 (FARM 21), which will help farmers producing healthy foods and provide money for healthy nutrition programs. How to help > *HR 2720 could be voted on as soon as the week of July 23.*
Update on Section 123 of the Farm Bill: Section 123 has been removed from the Farm Bill. Section 123 would have weakened food safety and animal welfare policies by prohibiting hundreds of state and local laws that provide greater protections than federal laws. Thanks to everyone who called and e-mailed their representative about this issue!
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