Negotiators reach tentative farm bill deal (AP via Yahoo! News)
Negotiators reach tentative farm bill deal (AP via Yahoo! News)
Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement Friday on a multibillion-dollar farm bill that includes a hefty increase for nutrition programs at a time of rising food prices.
Farm bill boosts nutrition and cuts ethanol credit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The new U.S. farm law would reduce the tax credit for corn-based ethanol while giving nutrition programs such as food stamps a $10.4 billion increase, House and Senate negotiators said on Friday.
Farm bill has boost in nutrition funds (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a multibillion-dollar farm bill that includes a hefty increase for nutrition programs at a time of rising food prices.
Key lawmakers agree on nutrition aid boost (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Congressional negotiators agreed on a $10 billion increase for nutrition programs including food stamps under the new U.S. farm law, up $500 million from the earlier target, the heads of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees said Thursday.
Cameroon: Report Attributes Death Rise to Nutrition Neglect (AllAfrica.com)
A research on health and human well-being for 2007 has revealed that nutrition neglect accounts for the recent upsurge in death toll in Cameroon.