<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ithacafarmersmarket.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="67" /></span>Seventy leading chefs, authors, food policy experts, nutritionists, CEOs, and environment and health organizations have sent an open letter to Members of Congress urging lawmakers to reinvest federal farm and crop insurance subsidy dollars into programs that feed the hungry, protect the environment and promote the consumption of local, organic and healthy food. The letter comes just days ahead of an expected Senate vote on the 2012 Farm Bill and was initiated by the Environmental Working Group's Kari Hamerschlag and authors Anna Lappé and Dan Imhoff.</p>
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