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 Under Secretary Nancy Montanez Johner
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USDA Unveils 2007 Farm Bill
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Jan. 31, 2007 —
Agriculture Secretary
Mike Johanns today
unveiled the U.S.
Department of
Agriculture's 2007 farm
bill proposals. The more
than 65 proposals
correspond to the 2002
farm bill titles with
additional special focus
areas, including
specialty crops,
beginning farmers and
ranchers, and socially
disadvantaged producers.
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FNS
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Title IV:
Nutrition Programs
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Simplify and
modernize the Food
Stamp Program to
improve access and
better reflect the
needs of recipients
and States, while
maintaining
continued focus on
program integrity.
Streamline other
food assistance
programs to improve
administration and
efficiency of
programs. Increase
support for healthy
eating, including in
schools and other
facilities that
participate in food
assistance programs.
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TITLE X: Increase
Purchases of Fruits
& Vegetables for
Nutrition Assistance
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Utilize an
additional $2.75
billion of Section
32 funds over ten
years to
specifically
purchase fruits and
vegetables for
USDA’s domestic
nutrition assistance
programs, including
the National School
Lunch and Breakfast
Programs, The
Emergency Food
Assistance Program,
and other commodity
distribution
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News Releases: |
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--
Johanns Highlights
USDA's 2007 Farm
Bill
Proposals for Specialty
Crops (May
7, 2007)
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Johanns Discusses
USDA Nutrition Goals
During
National
Nutrition Month (March
26, 2007)
-- Johanns Unveils 2007
Farm Bill Proposals
(Jan. 31, 2007)
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Johanns Revela Las
Propuestas de la Ley
Agricola
2007
(Jan. 31, 2007)
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Fact Sheets and
Information
Resources |
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USDA´s 2007 Farm
Bill Proposals
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Making America
Stronger: A Profile
of the Food
Stamp
Program – a
user-friendly digest
of research
related
to the program and its impacts
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Implications of
Restricting the Use
of Food
Stamp
Benefits – an
assessment of the
rationale,
feasibility, and potential effectiveness of prohibiting the
use of food stamp benefits for foods with limited |
nutritional value.
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Farm Bill Photo
Gallery |
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Philadelphia, PA
(Mar. 26, 2007)
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Philadelphia, PA
(Jan. 31, 2007)
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Dallas, TX
(Feb. 1, 2007)
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Denver, CO
(Feb. 2, 2007)
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USDA Farm Bill
Home Page |
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What They're
Saying About the
Administration's
Farm Bill Proposals
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27, 2007) |
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