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4130.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The 2007 Farm Bill is of importance to public health because it funds the central pieces of nutrition policy in the United States, the food assistance programs. The need to align farm bill priorities with public health priorities is a major focus of nutrition advocacy efforts leading up to the Farm Bill. In this session, an overview of health issues related the Farm Bill will be presented, and programs that are funded through policies, such as the Farm Bill will be described. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Articulate the need for health and nutrition focus in 2007 Farm Bill policy debates. 2. Understand at least one programmatic challenge to developing healthier food policy in the US. | |||
| Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD | |||
Healthy Food and Farm Policy in the 2007 Farm Bill ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Andrew Fisher, MA | |||
| Gaining weight, losing farmers: Links between U.S. agricultural policy and public health Heather Schoonover, MS | |||
| Maine's Senior FarmShare program: An innovative approach to improving seniors' diets and markets for local farmers Chris Sady, MS, RD, Deanne Herman, Jigna Dharod, PhD, Judythe Gatchell, MS, RD, LD | |||
| Improving nutrition through education: The effect and effectiveness of Federal nutrition education programs for food stamp recipients Eric Munoz, MA, Cynthia Reeves Tuttle, PhD, MPH, Todd Post, MFA | |||
| City Fresh - A community foods project Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, PhD, RD, LD, Lynn Gregor, Morgan Taggart, Brad Masi, Joe Konen, Jack Kerrigan, PhD, Tim Malinich | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Food and Nutrition | ||
| Endorsed by: | Socialist Caucus | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA