If you eat, pay taxes, or care about the legislation that influences where your food comes from, then this blog post is for you! Let me help you stay up to date on one of the most important pieces of food related legislation: The Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is responsible for decades of debate among farmers, conservationists, and anti-hunger advocates. In fact, the roots of the Farm Bill reach all the way back to one of America’s darkest times, the Great Depression. Today, the Farm Bill covers a variety of programs ranging from crop insurance for farmers to healthy food access for low-income families, from beginning farmer training to support for sustainable farming practices, the farm bill sets the stage for our food and farm systems. If the Farm Bill was to fall apart, we risk millions going hungry, farmers going bankrupt, and air and water quality would suffer. My goal is to help you better understand the history of the Farm Bill and to bring you the latest information on the October 2019 Farm Bill committee hearing.