Farm Bill Progresses

This week’s Senate Agriculture Hearing was pretty interesting. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 – better known as the Farm Bill, will expire this year, but legislators are already at work, preparing to write a new Farm Bill to take its place. Although some members of the media all too often tend to emphasize commodity programs only, the reality is that the Farm Bill also benefits all urban dwellers, e.g., school lunch, land conservation, food stamps and other nutrition programs, rules on trade, Rural Electrification (serving many urban areas despite its “Rural” name) and lately, our nation’s push for energy independence. We invite you to see/hear the details yourself.