The Farm Bill

The Farm Bill is an extremely important piece of legislation that connects us, our food and the farmers who grow it. It also involves the environment and what natural resources are used to grow the food we eat (What Is The Farm Bill). So in reality, the Farm Bill is really more of a food bill. The bill expires every five years so that it can be updated to suit what is currently happening in our country. More then fifty percent of the Farm Bill money goes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progam (SNAP) to help Americans in need. In 2012, there were 46,000,000 Americans relying on SNAP to put food on the table (UC Berkeley). This is an important part of the bill, to help those in our country that need help obtaining food. Although the bill was created to help out the farmers and instead it is feeding people that may or may not need the extra help. Throughout all the years of the Farm Bill, a majority of the spending has been towards nutrition. The Farm Bill was designed to help the farmers and maintain farming in America but if anything it is hurting the country. The question people are asking is if it is time for agriculture to break free from the Farm Bill. The purpose behind the bill is great and the country really needs something to look out to those who put food on our tables but it does not seem that is the highest priority since most of the money goes into food stamps.

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