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Farm to School and School Garden programs help kids learn about food and healthy eating through programs in the cafeteria and through food, garden, or agriculture-based educational activities. These programs also support local farmers and processors, and thereby help Oregon's rural economies. We believe that this is a win-win-win program that should reach kids and farmers in all corners of the state. Please join us in asking legislators to continue and expand the Farm to School and School Gard...
Farm to School and School Garden programs help kids learn about food and healthy eating through programs in the cafeteria and through food, garden, or agriculture-based educational activities. These programs also support local farmers and processors, and thereby help Oregon's rural economies. We believe that this is a win-win-win program that should reach kids and farmers in all corners of the state. Please join us in asking legislators to continue and expand the Farm to School and School Gard...
Farm to School and School Garden programs help kids learn about food and healthy eating through programs in the cafeteria and through food, garden, or agriculture-based educational activities. These programs also support local farmers and processors, and thereby help Oregon's rural economies. We believe that this is a win-win-win program that should reach kids and farmers in all corners of the state. Please join us in asking legislators to continue and expand the Farm to School and School Gard...
Farm to School and School Garden programs help kids learn about food and healthy eating through programs in the cafeteria and through food, garden, or agriculture-based educational activities. These programs also support local farmers and processors, and thereby help Oregon's rural economies. We believe that this is a win-win-win program that should reach kids and farmers in all corners of the state. Please join us in asking legislators to continue and expand the Farm to School and School Gard...
At Upstream Public Health, we work to ensure every Oregonian has the chance to achieve their full health potential. We believe that no one should be disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position, race, ability, language or cultural background. This year, Upstream supports a number of state bills that have the potential to support health for all Oregonians. In the next section we have grouped these by Upstream’s Issue areas.
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Just about every five years, the U.S. congress passes a new Farm Bill. This legislation affects our health through the food we eat, programs used to feed hungry families, what crops are grown under what conditions, and how land is protected. This massive bill packages a variety of different topics into one proposal – it has 14 different titles! A few example programs are:
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously food stamps), part of the Nutrition Programs in Title IV, aff...