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23 Cards in this Set
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What is the full name of the 2008 "Farm Bill"?
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Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
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Under the new Farm Bill, this type of labeling will now be mandatory for meat and produce:
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Country of origin labeling
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Nutrition programs are increased by $10.361 billion with appropriate benefits that are indexed to what?
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Cost of Living
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Vital assistance to food banks has been increased by how much?
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$1.25 billion
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A new area of funding has been put towards organic agriculture that also includes what two things?
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Fruit and vegetable programs, and local food networks
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Aside from food programs, the farm bill also covers agriculture for use in developing what?
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Renewable energy
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What is the name of the new farm bill program that encourages public access to private lands for hunting and fishing?
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Open Fields Program
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The Farm Bill allocates assistance for food programs domestic and international, including an additional $60 billion to expand what program?
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Food for Peace international aid program
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The Farm Bill reauthorizes and allots $84 million dollars in additional funding towards this nutrition program?
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The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program
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The ACRE (average crop revenue election) provides producers with payments for a commodity in what situation?
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The actual revenue is less than the revenue guarantee
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What is the AGI (adjust gross income) hard cap on farm income, after which the farmer will no longer be eligible for direct payment?
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$750,000
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Until what year does the Farm Bill extend the Milk Income Loss Contract Program?
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2012
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This reestablished program allows dairy farmers to voluntarily enter into forward contracts with milk handlers, to manage risk.
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Dairy Forward Pricing Program
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This extended program helps U.S. dairy product exporters market their products overseas in countries where U.S. products must compete with subsidized products provided by other governments.
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The Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP)
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The domestic fight against food insecurity is promoted by increased funding for this program:
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The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
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What new name was given to the former Food Stamp Program?
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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The use of Food Stamp Coupons has been eliminated in lieu of what?
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Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
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In what new marketplace will EBT cards be accepted for Senior participants?
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Farmer's Markets
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Funding for this program to help schools provide healthy snacks to students during after school activities has been increased by $1.02 billion and expanded to all 50 states.
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The USDA Snack Program
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This new center was created to increase cooperation between farmers and organizations in urban areas to help bring fresh foods into urban food deserts:
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The Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center
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A pilot nutrition program has been created to increase consumption of these foods in food stamp households:
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Fruits and Vegetables
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The new SNAP program will fight erosion in the standard deduction, and therefore purchase power of program participants, and will now be ahead of what economic force for the first time in 40 years?
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Inflation
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This program, under the the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, is expanded to all 50 states as well as the District of Colombia to provide free fresh fruits and vegetables to low income schools:
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The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
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