Number: RL33520
Title: Specialty Crops: 2008 Farm Bill Issues
Authors: Jean M. Rawson, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Several major legislative proposals focusing on policies and programs of importance to the specialty crop sector were introduced in the 110th Congress in preparation for the 2007 farm bill debate. These bills included H.R. 1600 (Cardoza), the EAT Healthy America Act; H.R. 1551 (Kind)/S. 919 (Menendez), the Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act; and S. 1160 (Stabenow), the Specialty Crops Competition Act, among others. The Administration also proposed several policy reforms affecting specialty crops as part of the comprehensive 2007 farm bill proposal that it released in February 2007. A number of stakeholder groups also issued position statements concerning the specialty crops issues they wanted to see addressed in the new farm bill.
Pages: 10
Date: June 19, 2008