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S 3592 112th Congress Senate Social Welfare Aging Agricultural practices and innovations Food assistance and relief Nutrition and diet

Locally Grown Foods for Older Americans Act

Introduced: September 20, 2012 Introduced by: Bennet, Michael F. Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Sep 20, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 20, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Locally Grown Foods for Older Americans Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require a state that establishes and operates a nutrition project to ensure that the project, where feasible, encourages the use of locally grown foods in meal programs for the elderly and identifies potential partnerships and contracts with local producers and providers of locally grown foods.

What's happening now September 20, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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