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Hope Ahead Despite Hefty Ag Budget Cuts In this time of national financial crisis, agricultural funding has been flagged to take a big hit. Two big developments this week indicate that congress is waking up to the potential that regionally focused agriculture holds for job creation, improvements to public health, and economic development. The first came earlier this week—on Food Day—when Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced a bill that she plans to introduce to the House: The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act. The bill will provide new kinds of support to farmers growing healthy food; make it easier to use food stamps at farmers markets; and require USDA research to focus less narrowly on genetically modified plants. A companion bill is on its way to the Senate. Tell your Congressmen to be a part of the Recipe for Change by supporting the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act. To read more, follow this link: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/blog_post/hope_ahead_despite_hefty_ag_budget_cuts

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