Fundamental. Joining me are two of the most revolutionary food activists in the bay area and dare i say the nation. Outspoken mavericks in both their field. Saru jayaraman is the coeditor of the new book people taking on corporate food and winning. Shes leader of the Food Research center and founder of the Restaurant Opportunity Center and president of one fair wage. Our founder is the founder of its 49th year and the schoolyard project, now in its 25th year, a program that has ignited a network of some 7000 education projects around the world. Alice is also the author of 17 books including her upcoming manifesto about the power of food and a recipient of thenational medal of honor frompresident barack obama. Welcome to you both. Thank you. Alice, lets start withyou. If food is fundamental what is the prominent issue to you now . I think that we have a Silver Lining possibility. Because we do all eat. We all eat. And we have the possibility of eating with intention. We could buy our fo
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We thank everyone for joining us for our first Small Business meeting of 2020. I want to especially thank the witnesses for taking the time to travel from across the country and take time away from their businesses to have this important discussion. There will be members coming and going or overlapping hearings with other committees. Youll see folks, and we ask for your patience with that as well. Farming and agriculture are at the heart of strong economies around the country. It is crucial to insure that our communities thrive. Coming from colorado, i understand the importance that farming and agriculture have on our states way of life and economic wellbeing. Nearly half of colorados 66 million acres are dedicated to over 30,000 farms and ranches. Many of which are small, locally owned operations. Colorados a leading producer of cattle, corn, wheat, and dairy. Colorados small farms are raising everything from bison and ostriches and growing mushrooms and grapes to name a few. In the 2
Heres the hour and 40minute hearing. Good morning. Come to order. We thank everyone for joining us this morning. We want to thank the witnesses for taking the time to travel across the country and take time away from their businesses in some instances to have this important discussion. As is the case with these hearings, there will be members coming and going. There are overlapping hearings in other committees so youll see folks come and go throughout and ask questions. We just bear ask your your patience in bearing with that as well approximately farming and agriculture are at the heart of strong economies around the country. Investing in ago culture is crucial to ensuring our communities can thrive. Coming from colorado i understand the importance it has on our states way of life and economic wellbeing. Nearly half of our acres are dedicated to over 30,000 farms and ranches, many of which are small, locally owned. Cattle, corn, wheat and dairy, but small farms are raising bison to os
Programs. This joint hearing of the Sub Committees on general fund communities, Risk Management, livestock reviewing the implementation of federal farm and Disaster Relief comes to order. Thank you and welcome to this joint hearing of the subcommittees on general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague and fellow chairman as well as my Ranking Member and the livestock Foreign Affairs Ranking Member. Welcome also to our chairman and my fellow texan Ranking Member. This first joint hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Food Production and conservation missionary in the Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. F packed and fsa are currently at the home of three critical separate efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers in Rural Communities in our country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist those farmers most harmed by the administra