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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Dennis Cardoza

D-CA

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Official Summary

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) the wetlands reserve program; (5) the farmland protect

Official Summary

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) 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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07/27/07
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 ...

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL
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07/18/07
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 ...

Source: Orlando Sentinel
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07/16/07
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 ...

Source: Orlando Sentinel, FL
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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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