Farm Bill Advocacy Toolkit

A TOOLKIT FOR EFFECTING FARM BILL REFORM

This page is designed as a 'toolkit' to support you as a strong advocate for a Farm Bill that promotes healthier communities and better serves families, growers and retailers. Along with education, this page also provides custom-made instruments that will allow you to most effectively advocate to government, corporations, the public, and your peers. These talking points, electronic petition, visual media, data, reports, and other selected educational materials are crafted to help you stay on message with any audience --national or neighborhood.

Download a 2-pager summarizing the issues and opportunities to re-evaluate our policies that make good sense as a matter of social justice that provides an equitable food safety net.

Why We Care about Farm Bill Reform

Read the principles that must be embodied in our nation's next Farm Bill

 Food Just Principles for a 2012 Food and Farm Bill

Use this Presentation as either a starting point--or refresher-- of the "big picture" issue. 

Farm Bill Reform 2012 and Community Health 

Download a cheat sheet of talking points describing direct links between: health, the economy, farming, education, transportation, and healthy food financing                

Farm Bill Advocacy Talking Points

Sign-and pass along--the petition urging congress to enact a 2012 Farm Bill that restores a healthy food system 

"Reform the Food System with the 2012 Farm Bill" Petition

 

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