[Market-farming] WIC! Wicked!

Brigette Leach avalonfarmshomegrown at earthlink.net
Wed Apr 2 19:05:35 EDT 2008


Mark,
Guess I'm confused as to what you think I'm mistaken about?
Brigette

TxBeeFarmer wrote:

>I think you have it a little wrong.  WIC for Farmers' Markets is in ADDITION 
>to their regular WIC.  Yes, it's very small, but it's not ALL they have by 
>any means.  They can still get all they need at the local grocery.  The 
>Farmers' Market WIC is from a government grant that's separate from regular 
>WIC.  I agree it should be more.  Currently, regular WIC does not allow for 
>purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables, only packaged foods.  Yes, call your 
>legislators!!!!
>
>TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
>West Texas Zone 7b
>
>On 3/25/2008 6:18:24 PM, Brigette Leach (avalonfarmshomegrown at earthlink.net) 
>wrote:
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>
>>Kate,
>>
>>I agree that everyone should have access to good, nutritious food. I also
>>want to provide some information on what I assume you are referring to
>>when you say subsidies.
>>
>>The Farm Bill, as it is commonly called, is actually the Food Security and
>>Rural Investment Act. There are ten titles in the legislation; energy,
>>commodity, conservation, nutrition, trade, credit, rural development,
>>forestry, research, and miscellaneous.
>>
>>About $2 of every $3 in
>>'07 farm bill spending went to food stamp and other nutrition 
>>programs...76% up from 68% in 2002. The commodity title spending has been 
>>cut more than 60% from previous legislation and currently accounts for 
>>about 12% of the total.
>>
>>Food Security Act spending amounts to $23 per American per year, or about 
>>$.06 a day.
>>
>>We do have problems with access to food in the US, but it is for a variety 
>>of reasons. Lack of information as to how to buy, how to cook it after 
>>it's
>>purchased, how to store fresh produce in order to keep the nutritional
>>content, not to mention money management. Lack of even having a grocery
>>store in the neighborhood is another.
>>
>>I make it a point to visit grocery stores wherever I travel...domestic as
>>    
>>
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