Farm Bill Perspectives, Part 2: The (Food and) Farm Bill

While the farm bill is commonly thought of as a piece of agricultural legislation, the nutrition title of the bill is just as important and just as beneficial to farmers and ranchers. Micheal Clements shares more on why the nutrition title is vital to the legislation.



Clements says, Over the years, there’s been some talk of splitting farm programs and nutrition programs in the farm bill to separate bills. However, Utah Farm Bureau member Tyson Roberts says the two programs need to be connected. Roberts is a produce grower that sells direct to consumers.



Roberts said, "I am the sixth generation on our family farm. Over the years we've done a lot of different things, cattle and a lot of grain crops, got more into vegetables as I was growing up. We switched more to vegetables and specifically direct marketed vegetables, so now, about 85 percent of our crops go directly to consumers at farmer's markets."



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