Washington, April 28 -- Representative Hillary Scholten issued the following press release:
This month, U.S. Representatives Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) and David Valadao (R-CA-22) introduced the bipartisan Promoting Access to Local Agriculture Act. The legislation would remove administrative hurdles for small farmers and ranchers to participate in federal nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which would expand their economic opportunities and improve access to healthy, affordable food for families.
"Too often, local farmers and ranchers cannot access the federal programs designed to help feed our communities, not because of a lack of need or demand, but because the system is too complicated to navi...