By Ken Lovett
The federal food stamp program alone pumps more than $5.3 billion a year into the state, the letter says.
“While the Farm Bill is not up for reauthorization until 2012, we are concerned this critical program may be fast forwarded within the Super Committee deficit process,” the lawmakers wrote.
“The Farm Bill needs major reform to better help end hunger through strengthening the SNAP Food Stamps, promoting a health diet, and supporting family farms and a local food economy.”
The group says it is “particularly disturbed” by recommendations from the American Farm Bureau Federation that nutrition programs should bear 30% of any deficit cuts made in the Agriculture Committee’s jurisdiction.
