Resource Library
The Congressional Research Service’s “SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] and Related Nutrition Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill.” Randy Alison Aussenberg, 2014. This report offers detailed description of nutrition programs in the 2014 Farm Bill.
http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/R43332.pdf
Choices Magazine’s “The Nutrition Title’s Long, Sometimes Strained, but Not Yet Broken, Marriage with the Farm Bill.” Parke Wilde, 2016. This article discusses how and why the nutrition title is grouped together with agricultural policy in the farm bill.
http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/looking-ahead-to-the-next-farm-bill/the-nutrition-titles-long-sometimes-strained-but-not-yet-broken-marriage-with-the-farm-bill
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ “Summary of the 2014 Farm Bill Nutrition Title: Includes Bipartisan Improvements to SNAP While Excluding Harsh House Provisions.” Ed Bolen, Dorothy Rosenbaum, and Stacy Dean, 2014. This report offers a summary of the changes made to SNAP under the 2014 Farm Bill with discussion of their implications for hunger.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/summary-of-the-2014-farm-bill-nutrition-title-includes-bipartisan-improvements-to-snap
The Union of Concerned Scientists’ “Ensuring the Harvest: Crop Insurance and Credit for a Healthy Farm and Food Future.” Jeffrey K. O’Hara, 2012. This report discusses how changes to the crop insurance and credit systems under the farm bill could improve nutrition outcomes. http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/ensuring-the-harvest-full-report.pdf
Health Affairs’ “Agricultural Policy And Childhood Obesity: A Food Systems And Public Health Commentary.” David Wallinga, 2010. These policy recommendations discuss how the US food system has contributed to child obesity and how farm bill reforms can fix it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194980
The Professional Agricultural Workers Journal’s “Farm Bill Trends and Food Insecurity: Impacts on Rural and Urban Communities.” Adell Brown Jr. and Susan E. Nelson, 2014. This report discusses how budget constraints affect food security in the 2014 Farm Bill and how community-based models can improve the situation.
http://tuspubs.tuskegee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=pawj