Letter
Joint Letter to Congress on 2018 Farm Bill, February 5, 2018
Joint Letter to Congress on 2018 Farm Bill February 5, 2018, signed by Bishop Frank J. Dewane, Chairman, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, Chairman, Committee on International Justice and Peace, Sr. Donna Markham, President and CEO, Catholic Charities USA, Sean Callahan, President, Catholic Relief Services, James Ennis, Executive Director, Catholic Rural Life, and Ralph Middlecamp, President, National Council of the United States Society of St. Vincent de Paul
"The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Rural Life, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul take this opportunity to highlight priorities for U.S. food and agriculture policy as you consider the 2018 Farm Bill. American policies should provide for poor and hungry people here and abroad, offer effective support for those who grow our food, ensure fairness to family farmers and ranchers while building up rural communities, and promote good stewardship of the land.
Congress is called to remember the “faces of the starving” as it considers our nation’s priorities for those suffering from hunger here and around the world. Remembering farmers is vital as well, those whose labors help the earth “to yield its fruits” for the benefit of us all."