CSPI letter to the House Committee on Agriculture re: partisan Farm Bill draft
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CSPI opposes the partisan Farm Bill released by the majority last week in the House. The bill attacks SNAP benefit adequacy, cuts key climate-smart agriculture programs, guts the evidence-based process used to update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and circumvents school meal nutrition standards in a way that has no place in a Farm Bill. As written, the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024,” through cuts and programmatic changes, undercuts our nation’s food and nutrition security.
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