[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16105]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          FOOD DAY, OCTOBER 24

  (Ms. PINGREE of Maine asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, October 24, is Food Day, 
a nationwide movement to promote healthy, affordable and sustainably 
produced food; and next week, Congress will begin the process of 
reconciling the House and Senate farm bills.
  I know this is a big job, but I want to urge my colleagues to work to 
come up with a farm bill that promotes healthy, affordable and 
sustainably produced food.
  Without exception, everywhere I go and every group I talk to--from 
bankers to teachers unions and from veterans to college students--
people nod their heads when I talk about locally grown, sustainable 
food. People want to know where their food comes from, and they want to 
see the farmers in their communities succeed. There is nothing more 
fundamental than food, and it is time we got serious about creating a 
food system that works for everyone--for families, for farmers, and for 
our local communities.
  If we are going to change our food system, Congress must take this 
historic opportunity to reform agriculture policy by producing a farm 
bill that reinvests in our local economies.

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