Episode 3: Linking Farms and Food Access

The nutrition title was first included in the 1973 farm bill. It’s projected to make up 84% of total Farm Bill spending, with most of the funds going to SNAP. That’s because the program helps more than 40 million low-income individuals provide food for their families each month. Some of those people are farmers. In this episode, we talk to Mark Nicholson, Senior Director of Policy at the Fair Food Network to dig into how the farm bill links farms and food access. And we’ll talk to farmers about how they are uniquely positioned to directly provide nutritious food for the families in their communities. Learn more about the SNAP program here , the Healthy Food Finance Initiative here , and the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) here Check out Fair Food Network here Learn more about the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program here The Farm Report is hosted by Leigh Ollman and Alita Kelly, produced by Leigh Ollman, Evan Flom and H Conley, and edited by Hannah Beal and H Conley. Audio engineering is by Armen Spendjian and H Conley. Music is by Breakmaster Cylinder and Jangwa Learn more about the National Young Farmers Coalition here and consider becoming a member . Click here to take action on the farm bill and other important policy issues. The Farm Report is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Episode 3: Linking Farms and Food Access is an episode from The Farm Report by Heritage Radio Network.

This episode is 00:35:11 long.

This episode was published on Feb 9, 2024.

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