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H.R.1600

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Equitable Agriculture Today for a 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.

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3/20/2007--Introduced.
Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act or EAT Healthy America Act - Amends provisions with respect to:
(1) specialty crops;
(2) the tree assistance program;
(3) the conservation reserve program;
(4)b> the wetlands reserve program;
(5) the farmland protection program;
(6) the grassland reserve program;
(7) the wildlife habitat incentive program;
(8) the environmental qualities incentives program;
(9) air quality improvement;
(10) integrated pest management initiative;
(11) the conservation loan guarantee program;
(12) agricultural trade;
(13) invasive pests and diseases;
(14) nutrition;
(15) agricultural research;
(16) renewable energy, including crop biomass waste; and
(17) farm labor housing.


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July 28, 2007 Give veggie growers a break

HR 1600 (the Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act), focuses on providing consumers with a safe, healthy and nutritious food supply while ...

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Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL


July 19, 2007 Guest opinion: Farm Bill offers more healthful options

HR 1600, the Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act (EAT Healthy America Act), focuses on injecting competition into the marketplace and ...

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Source: Orlando Sentinel


July 17, 2007 Healthy help for Florida to compete

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance strongly supports HR 1600 -- the Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act -- which focuses on providing ...

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Source: Orlando Sentinel, FL


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August 27, 2008 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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July 16, 2007 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. ...

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July 08, 2007 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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