When people buy local Ohio food, we help create jobs and opportunity in the all the places that are too often overlooked in Washington and exploited by corporate America. My bill will expand and improve USDA local and regional food systems grant programs to keep money where it belongs – here in our communities. And over the last few years, more and more people are starting to see how long and convoluted supply chains drive up prices and are vulnerable to disasters.

I have always recognized the importance of producing more in Ohio – whether it’s cars, produce, beef, or flowers. Bloomer Select this page to view Tax Maps for Bloomer Bradford Select this page to view Tax Maps for Bradford. This week I introduced the Local Farms and Food Act, to build on our success in the last Farm Bill, and make sure that Ohio farmers have the tools and support they need to sell their products in their own communities. We started the roundtables for this year’s farm bill last summer, and one of the things we’ve talked about is how these programs are working for Ohio farmers, what needs to be updated, and where we need more investment. We also created the LAMP program, which provides permanent funding to help farmers sell their products directly to consumers, create rural jobs, and invest in local and regional food economies.Īs we write this year’s Farm Bill, our job now is to build on these efforts. That is why I fought to include the Local FARMS Act in the 2018 Farm Bill, to make it easier for farmers to feed their communities and for consumers to buy local Ohio food and farm products.

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