So here is some federal legislation to work for. Any thoughts as to "what is to be done?"*
H.R.2364* *Title:* To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. *Sponsor: *Rep Blumenauer, Earl<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[OR-3] (introduced 5/17/2007) Cosponsors <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02364:@@@P> (20) *Latest Major Action: *7/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. ------------------------------ *SUMMARY AS OF:* 5/17/2007--Introduced. Local Food and Farm Support Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program to support value-added agricultural products which shall include a socially disadvantaged farmer and rancher component and may include a small and individual producer grant component. Directs the Secretary to establish a Family Rancher and Rancher Viability and Innovation Fund. Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary, through the Agricultural Marketing Service, to: (1) establish a grant program for eligible entities to conduct enterprise feasibility studies, including studies of consumer preference; and (2) provide loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities and individual producers to develop processing, distribution, and information infrastructure for locally or regionally produced food. Amends the Farmers-to-Consumers Direct Marketing Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to carry out a direct to consumer marketing assistance program to make grants to eligible entities for projects to establish, expand, and promote farmers' markets and other farmer to consumer direct marketing opportunities. Extends: (1) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) farmers' market nutrition program; (2) the senior farmers' market nutrition program; (3) the food stamp community food project program; and (4) the farm-to cafeteria program. Establishes: (1) the food stamp fruit and vegetable incentive program; and (2) the urban agriculture production program. *H.R.2364* *Title:* To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. *Sponsor: *Rep Blumenauer, Earl<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[OR-3] (introduced 5/17/2007) Cosponsors <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02364:@@@P> (20) *Latest Major Action: *7/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. ------------------------------ * COSPONSORS(20), ALPHABETICAL* [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02364:@@@N> ) Rep Allen, Thomas H.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[ME-1] - 5/17/2007 Rep Boyda, Nancy E.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[KS-2] - 5/17/2007 Rep Conyers, John, Jr.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[MI-14] - 6/18/2007 Rep Davis, Artur<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[AL-7] - 6/5/2007 Rep DeFazio, Peter A.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[OR-4] - 5/23/2007 Rep Ellison, Keith<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[MN-5] - 6/26/2007 Rep Eshoo, Anna G.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[CA-14] - 7/11/2007 Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[NY-20] - 5/17/2007 Rep Hare, Phil<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[IL-17] - 10/4/2007 Rep Holt, Rush D.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[NJ-12] - 5/23/2007 Rep Kagen, Steve<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[WI-8] - 5/17/2007 Rep Kaptur, Marcy<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[OH-9] - 7/11/2007 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[OH-10] - 7/16/2007 Rep McDermott, Jim<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[WA-7] - 6/5/2007 Rep McNulty, Michael R.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[NY-21] - 5/21/2007 Rep Payne, Donald M.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[NJ-10] - 5/17/2007 Rep Rush, Bobby L.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[IL-1] - 5/17/2007 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[IL-9] - 5/17/2007 Rep Welch, Peter<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[VT] - 6/26/2007 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[CA-6] - 6/5/2007 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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