Experts Tell Congress: Support Healthy Food System, Not Big Ag

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2012-06-05

<div class='node-body'><p><img alt="" border="0" class="image-right" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/ithacafarmersmarket.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 235px;" title="Seventy leading chefs, authors, food policy experts, nutritionists, CEOs, and environment and health organizations sent an open letter to Members of Congress today 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.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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