Bill Text: IL SR0530 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Congress to adopt a farm bill that supports and promotes the development of local and regional food systems. [Track Bill]
Status: 2012-02-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0530 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0530-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The federal farm bill impacts all Illinoisans; | ||||||
| 3 | agriculture represents a vital part of both rural and urban | ||||||
| 4 | economies; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, There is growing consumer demand from Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | citizens for locally and regionally-produced farm and food | ||||||
| 7 | products; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, There is growing farmer and entrepreneur interest | ||||||
| 9 | in meeting the consumer demand for local and regional farm and | ||||||
| 10 | food products; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Local and regional food economies are a vital | ||||||
| 12 | source of employment in our communities; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Supporting public health and protecting our | ||||||
| 14 | environment are essential to the viability and livability of | ||||||
| 15 | our communities and our economy; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Communities throughout Illinois face multiple | ||||||
| 17 | health, social, and environmental issues connected to food, | ||||||
| 18 | including hunger, malnutrition, increasing incidences of | ||||||
| 19 | obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic | ||||||
| 20 | diseases; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Increased access to healthy food is an important | ||||||
| 2 | tool for communities to address the multifaceted health, | ||||||
| 3 | social, and environmental issues connected to food; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Access to healthy food is increased when local and | ||||||
| 5 | regional community-based food production, processing, | ||||||
| 6 | aggregation, distribution, and retail work together to build | ||||||
| 7 | markets for healthy food; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The policies, programs, and funding included in | ||||||
| 9 | the 2012 Farm Bill will affect how successful Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | communities can be in developing local and regional food | ||||||
| 11 | systems that advance the goals of environmental | ||||||
| 12 | sustainability, economic development, public health, racial | ||||||
| 13 | and social justice, and emergency preparedness; therefore, be | ||||||
| 14 | it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Congress to | ||||||
| 17 | adopt a farm bill that supports and promotes the development of | ||||||
| 18 | local and regional food systems; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | delivered to the members of the Illinois congressional | ||||||
| 21 | delegation.
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