will the farm bill be renewed as part of deficit reduction?

Will the farm bill be renewed as part of deficit reduction?

How could we do it in

two months!?

Who invited health

groups to the discussion?

This going to be harder than we

thought…

WHAT’S THE FARM BILL CONVERSATION IN WASHINGTON?

Congressional

AGRICULTURE COMMITTEES

SUPER COMMITTTEESelect Committee on Deficit Reduction

HOUSE AND SENATE VOTE: Yes or No(no amendments permitted)

YESCuts

begin in 2013

NO*Automatic

Cuts2013 * “Sequestration”

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

But what about the Farm Bill?

THE POLICY WORK CONTINUES

• The Select Committee may not agree on a plan.• Congress may not approve the plan.• Deadlines could get pushed back.• The Farm Bill could be considered in 2012 as scheduled.• Annual budget and appropriations votes create policy.

Designing better farm and food policy will be an ongoing process.

CRISIS CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITY

GROUNDWORK HAD BEEN LAID COLLABORATION IS YIELDING RESULTS

Connecting USDA nutrition programs with local agriculture for better health

Farm to School provision in Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Increasing understanding and trust among communities:health sustainable agriculture environmentalanti-hunger rural and urban

GROUPS NEED MORE CAPACITY TO CRAFT NEW POLICY

CAPTURE MOMENTUM NOW FOR SUCCESS

Public attention and support for better food policy.

Political recognition that policy must change.

Successes even with tremendous amount of lobbying money spent by agribusiness:

2011 agribusiness spent $14 million in first six months

Excellent local and regional organizations.

FOOD POLICY COUNCILSLocal and Regional

http://www.foodsecurity.org/FPC/

http://www.cdc.gov/CommunitiesPuttingPreventiontoWork/http://www.cdc.gov/

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCommunities Putting Prevention to Work

Representing

http://sustainableagriculture.net/

KATE FITZGERALDkathleenfitzgerald08@gmail.com

202-629-3580