{"id":4916,"date":"2019-01-21T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-gordon-food-service.pantheonsite.io\/farm-bill-covers-much-more-school-lunches\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T20:15:53","slug":"farm-bill-covers-much-more-school-lunches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/farm-bill-covers-much-more-school-lunches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Farm Bill Covers Much More Than School Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The $867 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/farm-bill-passage-keeps-school-lunches-table\/\" title=\"2018 Farm Bill signed into law\">farm bill signed into law<\/a> by President Donald Trump on Dec. 19 is an important part of America\u2019s economy. It\u2019s especially important for school foodservice directors whose menu decisions could be affected by commodity price fluctuations brought on by trade wars and retaliatory tariffs<\/p>\n<p>Passage of the bill relieves stress on those who had been worried about changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)\u2014also known as food stamps. At the last minute, a provision was removed from the House bill that would have changed the program and threatened the free and reduced price lunch program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis gives a peace of mind to our producers here who have to make plans for 2019,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said after the bill was signed. \u201cIt\u2019s a very stable bill for agriculture and for the consumers, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The passage allows <a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/food-safety-considerations-when-buying-locally\/\" title=\"Buy American, buy locally\">other parts of the farm bill<\/a> to move forward. Many parts of the farm bill had been in the works for nearly four years. It takes that kind of time to review policies and collect input from trade groups, farm lobbyists and other stakeholders in this major part of America\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmaid.org\/our-work\/farm-bill\/\" title=\"Farm Aid explains many aspects of the Farm Bill\">So what does the farm bill cover<\/a>? Prior to the December passage, Perdue worked with the USDA to establish principles showing the farm bill\u2019s reach:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Farm Bill explainer graphic\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ad869d0f-5231-49a5-b529-94fc7c46a4d3\" src=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Farm-Bill-Graphic-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nutrition, commodities and free and reduced price meals are just part of this massive piece of legislation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":15141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-k12-education","category-running-your-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium 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