Agriculture

"The primary goals of agricultural policies should be providing food for all people and reducing poverty among farmers and farm workers in this country and abroad."
-- U.S. Catholic Bishops (For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food: Catholic Reflections on Food, Farmers and Farmworkers)

Letter to Congress on Budget Reconciliation Cuts to Poverty Programs
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, May 8, 2012

Joint Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, FY 2013
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 16, 2012

Joint Letter to Senate on the Farm Bill
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, Bishop Richard E. Pates, Rev. Larry Snyder, Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, March 6, 2012

Letter to Senate on Agriculture Appropriations
Bishop Stepen E. Blaire and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, September 6, 2011

Letter to Congressional Leadership on Agricultural Subsidies
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, Ken Hackett, and Jim Ennis, July 11, 2011

Joint Letter on House Agriculture Appropriations Bill
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, May 31, 2011

Food and Nutrition Programs
February 2011

Joint Letter to House Leadership on Child Nutrition Reauthorization
November 17, 2010

Action Alert: Tell Congress to Support the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
November 12, 2010

Joint Letter to Congress on Child Nutrition Reauthorization
August 3, 2010

Joint letter to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on child nutrition reauthorization
March 23, 2010

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