[Community_garden] Local Food and Farm Support Act: H.R. 2364

[James Godsil]

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&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD003+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Blumenauer++Earl%29%29+00099%29%29>[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.
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*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&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD003+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Blumenauer++Earl%29%29+00099%29%29>[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.
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* 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&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Allen++Thomas+H.%29%29+01461%29%29>[ME-1]
- 5/17/2007
   Rep Boyda, Nancy
E.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Boyda++Nancy+E.%29%29+01852%29%29>[KS-2]
- 5/17/2007
   Rep Conyers, John,
Jr.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Conyers++John++Jr.%29%29+00229%29%29>[MI-14]
- 6/18/2007
   Rep Davis, Artur<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Davis++Artur%29%29+01705%29%29>[AL-7]
- 6/5/2007
   Rep DeFazio, Peter
A.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+DeFazio++Peter+A.%29%29+00279%29%29>[OR-4]
- 5/23/2007
   Rep Ellison,
Keith<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Ellison++Keith%29%29+01857%29%29>[MN-5]
- 6/26/2007
   Rep Eshoo, Anna
G.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Eshoo++Anna+G.%29%29+00355%29%29>[CA-14]
- 7/11/2007
   Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten
E.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Gillibrand++Kirsten+E.%29%29+01866%29%29>[NY-20]
- 5/17/2007
   Rep Hare, Phil<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Hare++Phil%29%29+01849%29%29>[IL-17]
- 10/4/2007
   Rep Holt, Rush
D.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Holt++Rush+D.%29%29+01580%29%29>[NJ-12]
- 5/23/2007
   Rep Kagen, Steve<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Kagen++Steve%29%29+01880%29%29>[WI-8]
- 5/17/2007
   Rep Kaptur, Marcy<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Kaptur++Marcy%29%29+00616%29%29>[OH-9]
- 7/11/2007
   Rep Kucinich, Dennis
J.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Kucinich++Dennis+J.%29%29+01499%29%29>[OH-10]
- 7/16/2007
   Rep McDermott,
Jim<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+McDermott++Jim%29%29+00766%29%29>[WA-7]
- 6/5/2007
   Rep McNulty, Michael
R.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+McNulty++Michael+R.%29%29+00785%29%29>[NY-21]
- 5/21/2007
   Rep Payne, Donald
M.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Payne++Donald+M.%29%29+00902%29%29>[NJ-10]
- 5/17/2007
   Rep Rush, Bobby
L.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Rush++Bobby+L.%29%29+01003%29%29>[IL-1]
- 5/17/2007
   Rep Schakowsky, Janice
D.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Schakowsky++Janice+D.%29%29+01588%29%29>[IL-9]
- 5/17/2007
   Rep Welch, Peter<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Welch++Peter%29%29+01879%29%29>[VT]
- 6/26/2007
   Rep Woolsey, Lynn
C.<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD%28FLD004+@4%28%28@1%28Rep+Woolsey++Lynn+C.%29%29+01242%29%29>[CA-6]
- 6/5/2007
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