How the Midterm Elections Will Impact Food and Agriculture

Photo caption: Sunrise over the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images. Article by Lisa Held. Civil Eats – November 3, 2022.

While prices are the only real food issue in the spotlight as the midterm elections approach, next week’s results will undoubtedly shape the nation’s food and agriculture system in many varied, significant ways. And the effects will be nearly immediate, since three major federal policy moments that will impact how the nation eats are already here. Which party controls both houses of Congress will determine what gets included in the two most important pieces of food and agriculture legislation—the farm bill and the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act (CNR)—as well as […]

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