H.R.1600 - EAT Healthy America Act

To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets, to enhance the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets, to enhance the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: EAT Healthy America Act as introduced.
  • Short: Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act as introduced.

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08/26/08
Kids' Obesity Rates Leveling Off

This year Congress will consider the Strengthening Physical Education Act (HR 1224) and the Eat Healthy America Act (HR 1600), as well as several other bills aimed at legislating healthy behavior and reducing the percentage of Americans ...

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08/19/08
Alan Colmes’ Liberaland » Blog Archive » I’m Glad You Enjoyed My ...

HR 1600 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs and to the staff ...

Source: LiberalLand
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06/19/08
bills affecting the appraisal insustry

eat healthy america act (introduced in house)[hr1600.ih] 50 . federal housing enterprise regulatory reform act of 2007 (introduced in senate)[s.1100.is] 51 . safetea-lu technical corrections act of 2008 (engrossed amendment as agreed to ...

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10/24/07
the grand scheme: congress is about to poison the american public ...

eat healthy america act (introduced in house)[hr1600.ih] 128 . department of state, foreign operations, and related programs appropriations act, 2008 (engrossed amendment as agreed to by senate)[hr2764.eas] ...

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07/15/07
Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Responds

Over the last two years, our coalition has outlined our priorities in HR 1600, the “EAT Healthy America Act,” which does not include direct subsidies to producers and has been cosponsored by 119 Members of Congress. ...

Source: Fresh Talk
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07/07/07
Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program

These include HR 1600, HR 1551/S. 919, HR 2144, S. 541, and S. 1160. The full House and Senate Agriculture Committees had not yet considered a farm bill as of early July 2007. Meanwhile, various Members of Congress still want to ensure ...

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07/02/07
Alliance letter

In the coming days, your Committee will markup the 2007 Farm Bill and we believe that this legislation should contain the priorities identified in HR 1600, the Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act (EAT Healthy America ...

Source: Fresh Talk
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06/27/07
Conservation and the 2007 Farm Bill

919, HR 1600, and HR 1766). The committee draft would provide more modest increases in funding for conservation programs than many of the alternative conservation bills are calling for, add some new freestanding conservation initiatives ...

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06/20/07
New Farm Bill Blog To Track Congressional Debate

These bills include The Healthy Farms, Foods and Fuels Act (HR 1551/S.919), EAT Healthy America Act (HR 1600), Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Ag...

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06/19/07
New Farm Bill Blog To Track Congressional Debate

These bills include The Healthy Farms, Foods and Fuels Act (HR 1551/S.919), EAT Healthy America Act (HR 1600), Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act (HR 1766/S.1346), Farm, Nutrition, ...

Source: eNewsUSA
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06/09/07
The BRAD BLOG : Rush Holt's HR 811 Does More Harm than Good

News flash: Dennis Kucinich has withdrawn his support for the Holt bill, and he plans to reintroduce HR 1600 which would require paper ballots for Presidential elections beginning 2008. Thank you, Dennis! Sources: ...

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05/28/07
US Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues

The discovery of adulterated pet food ingredients from China has heightened interest in the issue in the 110th Congress, where bills include HR 357, HR 1148, HR 1600, HR 2108, S. 404, S. 654, S. 887, S. 1082, and S. ...

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05/10/07
Floor Fight? | Center for Rural Affairs

It listed nearly 200 members who are co-sponsors of one or more of the following bills with conservation reform: the Kind Bill (HR 1551), the Cardoza Bill (HR 1600), the Van Hollen bill (HR 1766), and the DeLauro Bill (HR 2144). ...

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05/02/07
Take Action Today: New Farm and Food Policy Hits the Hill

The Farm, Nutrition, and Community Investment Act contains provisions similar to those found in other recently introduced farm policy "marker bills," such as HR 1551 (the Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007), and HR 1600 (the ...

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04/30/07
Farm Bill Discussion Heats Up

The plan, reintroduced in the House this year (HR 1600) by Democrat Dennis Cardoza of California, would boost funding for farmland preservation and produce growers in the rewrite of the 2002 farm law (PL 171-107). ...

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04/28/07
CQ Today - Conservationists, Growers May Splinter on Farm Bill

Last September, specialty-crop growers and land-preservation groups rallied behind a $5 billion, bipartisan initiative called the EAT Healthy America Act. The plan, reintroduced in the House this year ( HR 1600 ) by Democrat Dennis ...

Source: CQ Midday
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04/04/07
Fighting 29th delivers

Randy Kuhl has allied himself with a group of other Republicans in support of HR 1600, the “Eat Healthy America Act”. It has a number of provisions (something for everyone), but, most notably, it extends farm subsidies for crops that ...

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04/03/07
Past the Use-By Date

The piece notes that Randy Kuhl has allied himself with a group of other Republicans in support of HR 1600, the "Eat Healthy America Act". It has a number of provisions (something for everyone), but, most notably, it extends farm ...

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03/28/07
FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » 2007 Farm Bill Proposals

H.R. 1600- Legislative Recap. UPDATED May 8, 2007. * Cato Institute- “Freeing the Farm: A Farm Bill for All Americans,” by Sallie James and Daniel Griswold. * American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)- “Farm Bill: An Investment That is ...

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03/26/07
FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » “Farm Flex” Bill: Fruit & Veg ...

California Democrat Dennis Cardoza, the chairman of the Agriculture subcommittee with jurisdiction over fruits and vegetables, is pressing a bill (HR 1600) that would leave the planting restrictions intact and steer about $5 billion of ...

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03/26/07
farm bill update

cardoza (d-ca) introduced the “equitable agriculture today for a healthy america act” (eat healthy america act) with a bipartisan list of 64 co-sponsors as hr 1600. this is the bill that was written with input from growers of fruits, ...

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03/25/07
farm bill update

posted by marc rumminger on growers & grocers. before i get into the update, a note on terminology. the traditional term for the omnibus piece of legislation that authorizes agriculture and nutrition programs is the “farm bill. ...

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03/21/07
digest: puck goes ethicurean, watery news,

the bill is hr 1600. scripps news. don’t go dutch, please: scientists in the netherlands are engineering a new generation of food products that can help prevent obesity by provoking a greater feeling of satiety. ...

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03/20/07
hr 1600 eat healthy america!

the industry has more than a few friends in the house of representatives. the eat healthy america act was introduced march 20 by rep. dennis cardoza and 64 co-sponsors, "to continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ...

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03/18/07
Bill Action: Introduced: HR 1600: To continue and expand upon ...

Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA] introduced HR 1600: To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and ...

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