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Roger Figueroa, Elizabeth Perry, Gwyneth Frederick, Mildred Alvarado, Elizabeth Adams, Melanie K Bean, Pass the Expanding Access To (EAT) Local Foods Act to promote farm viability and nutrition security, Translational Behavioral Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2025, ibaf003, https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaf003
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Abstract
The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) supports passing the Expanding Access To Local Foods Act—a bill to promote economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers to strengthen local food supply chains, and to increase access to nutritious foods among households experiencing food insecurity and chronic disease risk.
Lay Summary
The Society of Behavioral Medicine supports passing the Expanding Access To Local Foods Act, which would provide permanent funding for state and tribal governments to connect regional and local farms with food assistance, emergency feeding programs (i.e. food banks, food pantries), and community-based organizations to provide farm food (at no cost) to individuals experiencing food insecurity. Consistent with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Equity Commission final report to advance equity for all, the USDA should expand LFPA funding opportunities to ensure equitable land access, climate-smart resources, access to technical assistance, and supporting socially disadvantaged farmworkers and their families when participating in future LFPA initiatives.