THE FARM BILL: A GOOD DEAL

• This present version impacts

• The farm Bill was enacted
farming livelihoods, how
in the 1930's as part of
food is grown and what kind
Franklin Roosevelt's,'
of food is grow.
New Deal. • The farm Bill covers ranging
• Three original goals: keep
from crop insurance for
food prices fair for farmers
farmers to healthy food
and consumers, ensure an
access for low-income
adequate food supply, &
families
protect & sustain country's • Each Farm Bill has
Subtitle
vital natural resources.
• The farm Bill is
a Unique title. The farm Bill
we currently have is called
renewed about every
"The Agriculture
five years.
Improvement Act of 2018".
 Hunger&&FOOD
HUNGER Food Insecurity
INSECURITY In U.S.
IN THE The U.S
&&THE FARM
The BILL Bill
Farm

• The Farm Bill traditionally

• HUNGER: is a
focuses on farm commodity
micro- level physiological condition that
support 4 a staple of
may result from food insecurity.
• FOOD INSECURITY: is a household, or commodities: soybeans,
wheat, cotton, rice,
macro- level economic & social condition or
peanuts, dairy, & sugar.
uncertain access to food.
• The current baseline for
• More than 41 million Americans face
Farm Bill programs is
hunger, over 13 million being children.
• More than 35 million people rely on SNAP Estimated at $725 billion over
5yrs $1,463 over the next 10yrs
Johnson, R. & Monke, J., (Oct
Hales, L., Reed-Jones, M., Rabbit, M., et al.,
2023).
(Oct 2023).
 The Farm Bill: Addressing Its most
Significant Issues
• Nutrition baseline: $1,1223,.. bill
• Commodities: $68,556. bill
• Conservation: $59,994. bill
• Trade: $4,990. bill
• Crop research: $1,300. bill
• Crop Insurance: $101.345 bill
• Horticulture: $2,100. bill
• Energy: $500. bill
Johnson, R. & Monke, J., (Oct 2023).
• To promote better health, & a better
climate future, several policy areas
covered in the Farm Bill can be
addressed.
• Climate change is causing problems.
Drought is causing flooding, flooding
is polluting water, crops and
harming livestock.
• The economic impact can
be relieved by rearranging the
way the funds are allocated.
Patel, L., M.D., & Rudolph, L., M.D.,
 STRENGTHS, VALUES &
LEADERSHIP FOR FINDING
SOLUTIONS
• As a leader not afraid to take initiative and stand up for
social justice, I would take part in trying to implement
these changes on a grassroots & policy level:

• Increasing access to SNAP benefits

• Promote a more fair and just farm system, supporting

rural communities by access to credit

• Helping the propose the Bill to fund research to

develop tools to make U.S. food and farm systems
more sustainable.
Hunger in America
Food Insecurity in the U.S. is a very real
problem. The Farm Bill established
with the New Deal in the 1930's, helps
farmers, people & families work
together indirectly with the hunger &
food insecurity crisis in America. This
Bill provides insurance and funding for
the farms that provide food for
nutrition programs like SNAP and food
banks to help ease our hunger
epidemic.
 References
• Ayazi, H., & Elsheikh, E., (2016). THE US FARM BILL: Corporate Power
& Structural Racialization in the United States Food System, haas Institute
for a Fair and Inclusive Society. https://belonging.berkeley.edu
/sites/default/files/haasinstitutefarmbillreport_publish_0.pdf
• Johnson, R., & Monke, J., (Oct 2023). Farm Bill Primer: What is the
Farm Bill? Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov
/product/pdf/IF/IF12047
• McDevitt, S. PhD, (Oct 2023). Policy Perspectives: SNAP benefits Cuts to
Affect Millions of Food insecure People, Social Work Today.Vol.20 No.1 P.26
https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/JF20p26.shtml
• Patel, L., M.D., M.E.Sc., & Rudolph, L., M.D., M.P.H. (Oct 2023). Supporting
Climate, Health, and Equity under the Farm Bill, The New England
JOURNAL of MEDICINE. https://www.nejm.org/doi
/full/10.1056/NEJMp2307507?
 References
• Hales, L., Reed-Jones, M., Rabbit, M., et al., (Oct 2023). Definitions of
Food Security, Economic Research Service: U.S. Department of
Agriculture. https://www.ers.usda.gov
/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/definitions-o
f-food-security/

• National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (2018). What is the Farm

Bill?