Eaters Deserve a Place at the Table in 2012 Farm Bill

Posted on March 15, 2011 by in Policy, Publications // 0 Comments

By Kari Hamerschlag (Civil Eats)

EXCERPT: Federal nutritional guidelines advise us to eat five-to-nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day. That’s not too difficult if you are lucky enough to have access to the fresh and tasty produce grown in Northern California, where I live. But many folks in this region and in the rest of the country aren’t so lucky. Fresh vegetable consumption has declined by nine pounds per person over the past 10 years. And it’s no wonder, considering how little US agricultural policy invests in fruit and vegetable production.