Fund healthy school lunches, but don't cut food stamps and ag conservation

Better school lunch is essential and we fully support the new Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act! But to pay for the new school lunch programs, both the President and Senate Agriculture Committee want to cut $3.8 billion from environmental and food stamp programs secured in the 2008 Farm Bill.  

This is illogical! Healthy food and farmlands are equally important and directly linked. Asking our representatives to choose healthy school lunch over better farms and nutrition for the poor is bad for the nation's health. 

We can fix the problem before it's too late.  Join us in asking President Obama, House Speaker Pelosi, and two House committees (Education & Labor and Ways & Means) to find different sources of funding.

Sign the petition below to call for fully funded healthier food for our kids and poor families AND environmental programs that protect water, soil and air. Each resource is essential for an abundant, safe and nutritious food supply.  

Now is the best moment to influence key leaders! We need your help today!

I urge you to fully fund environmental and nutrition assistance programs as passed in the 2008 Farm Bill AND the improved nutrition programs outlined in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

Healthy food and farmlands are equally important and directly linked. Harming farms to feed kids is a contradiction. Instead of cutting the Farm Bill budget to pay for improved nutrition for kids and poor families, I urge you to find funding in areas that will not negatively impact public health. Please continue building momentum for a healthier America by improving nutrition and our environment.
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This petition has a goal of 10000 signatures
1-25 of 4212 signatures
Number Date Name Please Add Your Comments.
4212 Fri Feb 22 02:00:24 EST 2013 Anh Campbell
4211 Tue Oct 02 11:25:35 EDT 2012 garald daley im hungry
4210 Mon Apr 09 23:55:29 EDT 2012 Bernadette Keenan
4209 Mon Oct 11 12:54:41 EDT 2010 Ellen Roberts
4208 Mon Oct 11 11:44:40 EDT 2010 susan goff healthier foods for our children would aleviate many of our health problems in the U.S. Let's fix it on the front end & prevent future medical problems that costs our country so dearly.
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4207 Mon Oct 11 03:57:17 EDT 2010 Joel Patterson Too long have Americans been uninformed and forced to consume unhealthy food options!
4206 Sun Oct 10 18:06:19 EDT 2010 Catherine Shteynberg The US has more obese children than any other developed nation, and yet it doesn't have to be this way. There is nothing magically different about the US that makes kids fatter here--it is the culture More....
4205 Tue Aug 24 16:22:28 EDT 2010 Shelley Hack
4204 Mon Aug 02 16:32:53 EDT 2010 Dan Harrison
4203 Fri Jul 30 19:15:09 EDT 2010 Tracy Coats
4202 Thu Jul 08 00:10:05 EDT 2010 Emily Ochmanek
4201 Tue Jul 06 11:31:09 EDT 2010 Stephanie Hnesh
4200 Mon Jun 28 22:55:14 EDT 2010 Beth Roberts Kids should only have healthy choices at school. They need real food not just warmed up processed food-like substances.
4199 Thu Jun 10 15:50:53 EDT 2010 Gemma Markham
4198 Wed Jun 02 12:02:23 EDT 2010 George Patterson
4197 Tue Jun 01 14:25:36 EDT 2010 Llucy Hicks
4196 Fri May 28 22:24:01 EDT 2010 Dawn Ware
4195 Thu May 27 16:09:45 EDT 2010 Patt Rose Children need to know from an early age where their food comes from and whats healthy. Every school should have a garden even if all they grow are lettuce and radishes. Introduced early, our next generation More....
4194 Mon May 24 15:03:02 EDT 2010 Judy Ford
4193 Sat May 22 09:30:26 EDT 2010 Jesse Decker Children need help!!!! They can't provide for themselves, therefore it starts at home and in school. These so calld "safe zones" must provide a supportive environment!!!!
4192 Mon May 17 20:04:59 EDT 2010 Darlene Franco As a teacher and mother of 2, I am appalled at the government's lack of concern for the nation's health - starting with the food we ingest. We wouldn't need a health care bill if the FDA did it's job More....
4191 Sun May 16 20:14:43 EDT 2010 Lindsay Hong
4190 Fri May 14 16:15:00 EDT 2010 julia Lawlor
4189 Thu May 13 18:10:08 EDT 2010 Ariana Milman
4188 Thu May 13 17:47:01 EDT 2010 Julia Burwell
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In order to be most effective, we will send a hard copy of the signatures and comments to each decision maker on April 30th. Also, we encourage you to mail a hard copy of the petition language with your signature to the addresses listed below to reinforce that this is something the American people care about.

Addresses to send a signed copy of the petition:

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Please include your e-mail address

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Office of the Speaker
H-232, US Capitol
Washington, DC 20515

Congressman George Miller, Chairman, Health and Labor Committee
2205 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Congressman Sander Levin, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee
1236 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515


If you live in California, you can do one more thing.

Send Senator Dianne Feinstein the following important message to ensure healthy food and a clean environment.