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2012 Farm Bill

The Farm Bill represents $300 billion in spending on agriculture and federally regulated nutrition programs including SNAP (formerly known as food stamps). SNAP is the nation’s largest nutrition program with more than 48 million American’s receiving SNAP benefits. Have you ever wondered why manufactured and highly processed foods are cheaper than healthier, fresh foods? Many food policy experts argue that farm subsidies for corn, rice, wheat, etc. are partially to blame. Advocacy for more affordable healthy foods has never been more important!

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Hunger Facts

Imagine your child’s classroom: thirty children, and fifteen of them are hungry.

55% of children in the Clark County School District are enrolled in free and reduced-price meal programs based on their family income. That’s over 170,000 kids facing hunger at home and coming to school unprepared to learn.

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