{"id":12507,"date":"2023-07-24T17:46:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/tennessee\/?p=12507"},"modified":"2023-07-24T17:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:48:52","slug":"5-things-to-know-about-the-farm-bill-and-how-it-fights-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/tennessee\/2023\/07\/24\/5-things-to-know-about-the-farm-bill-and-how-it-fights-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know About the Farm Bill and How It Fights Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12507\" class=\"elementor elementor-12507\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6aedea7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6aedea7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4753ca\" data-id=\"f4753ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02435c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02435c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/07\/2-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12515\" alt=\"Two young boys reach to pick food from a serving station\" srcset=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/07\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/07\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/07\/2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/07\/2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b4c5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73b4c5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Farm Bill is our nation\u2019s largest and most important piece of food and farming legislation, impacting access to healthy meals for millions of families and kids facing hunger. Here are five things you need to know about the Farm Bill and how it fights hunger.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>The Farm Bill is a law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs that\u2019s passed by Congress about once every five years.<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Farm Bill was first created in the early 1930s to help struggling farmers in the wake of economic and environmental crises of the time. Since then, 18 Farm Bills have been enacted and the legislation has since expanded as a resource to respond to evolving food and farming challenges in our nation. Historically, the Farm Bill is one of Congress\u2019s most bipartisan pieces of legislation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><b>Nutrition assistance is one of the largest pieces of the Farm Bill. <\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that consists of different sections, or titles. While the number of titles and their subject matter can change over time, one of the largest ones authorizes federal nutrition assistance, including programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, among many others. In fact, roughly 80% of the Farm Bill\u2019s budget is spent on nutrition assistance. Other nutrition programs like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokidhungry.org\/what-we-do\/school-community-meals\"><b>school meals<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are authorized through a different legislative process.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><b>SNAP is the single largest program authorized by the Farm Bill.<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Farm Bill authorizes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokidhungry.org\/blog\/five-facts-how-snap-helps-kids\"><b>SNAP<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which helps eligible families afford nutritious food by providing monthly funds through a debit-style Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to purchase groceries. It determines how the program is operated, giving lawmakers an opportunity to make changes to it. The amount Congress spends on the Farm Bill fluctuates and it\u2019s important to remember that an investment in one program doesn\u2019t take funding away from another. While SNAP is a significant piece of the Farm Bill budget, it doesn\u2019t come at a cost to others.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><b>The 2023 Farm Bill is an important opportunity to strengthen and protect SNAP. <\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Around 40 million Americans participate in SNAP, including 1 in 5 kids, making it one of our nation\u2019s most powerful tools to end hunger. The Farm Bill always presents an important opportunity to strengthen the program and protect it from harmful cuts, and this year is no different. While the economy continues to recover from the pandemic and food prices remain high due to inflation, it\u2019s more important than ever that SNAP benefits aren\u2019t cut, additional restrictions to the program aren\u2019t added and access to these critical benefits are expanded through innovative updates. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokidhungry.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-01\/Share%20Our%20Strength%202023%20Farm%20Bill%20Priorities.pdf\"><b>Click here to read more about our policy priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill.<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><b>The process to reauthorize a Farm Bill can take many months. <\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So what happens next? Members of Congress who sit on the Agriculture Committees in the U.S. House and Senate have the primary responsibility of drafting farm bills. Separately, they hold hearings, negotiate and write draft bills that eventually will be reconciled into one Farm Bill. These drafts are called marker bills and Members of Congress use them to build support for their policies or ideas. The timeline is never the same from year-to-year but Congress generally has until the end of the fiscal year &#8211; September 30 &#8211; to pass a Farm Bill or file an extension.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s where you come in! There\u2019s no need for Congress to wait and we shouldn\u2019t let it up to just our legislators to make decisions on something as important as SNAP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.nokidhungry.org\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=476&amp;_gl=1*1oayk0u*_gcl_au*MTg3MzgzMDMzNC4xNjgxOTIxMjI5&amp;_ga=2.115770630.1686908346.1686854216-1251691477.1641317441\"><b>Tell Congress: Protect SNAP\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/h2><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.nokidhungry.org\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=476&amp;_gl=1*1oayk0u*_gcl_au*MTg3MzgzMDMzNC4xNjgxOTIxMjI5&amp;_ga=2.115770630.1686908346.1686854216-1251691477.1641317441\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right now, Congress has an important opportunity to protect and strengthen SNAP through the Farm Bill. Now is the time to act. Write to your members of Congress today. Your support can make a difference between families receiving the support and resources they need or more red tape from Washington.<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29d60f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29d60f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b7f463\" data-id=\"3b7f463\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7604c11 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7604c11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PROTECT SNAP<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Farm Bill is our nation\u2019s largest and most important piece of food and farming legislation, impacting access to healthy meals for millions of families and kids facing hunger. 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