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2007 Farm Bill
 

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Title IV: Nutrition Programs
  Simplify and modernize the Food Stamp Program to improve access and better reflect the needs of recipients and States, while maintaining continued focus on program integrity. Streamline other food assistance programs to improve administration and efficiency of programs. Increase support for healthy eating, including in schools and other facilities that participate in food assistance programs.
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TITLE X: Increase Purchases of Fruits & Vegetables for Nutrition Assistance Programs
 

Utilize an additional $2.75 billion of Section 32 funds over ten years to specifically purchase fruits and vegetables for USDA’s domestic nutrition assistance programs, including the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, and other commodity distribution programs.
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News Releases:
 

-- Johanns Highlights USDA's 2007 Farm Bill
    Proposals for Specialty Crops
-- Johanns Discusses USDA Nutrition Goals During
    National Nutrition Month
-- Johanns Unveils 2007 Farm Bill Proposals 
 

Fact Sheets and Information Resources
 

-- USDA´s 2007 Farm Bill Proposals
-- Making America Stronger: A Profile of the Food
   Stamp Program – a user-friendly digest of research
   related to the program and its impacts
-- Implications of Restricting the Use of Food
    Stamp Benefits – an assessment of the rationale,
    feasibility, and potential effectiveness of prohibiting the
    use of food stamp benefits for foods with limited |
    nutritional value.
 

USDA Farm Bill Home Page
 

Last modified: 04/22/2009