Karen Siebert is public policy/advocacy advisor at Harvesters—The Community Food Network. She has been involved with the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition since its beginning in 2007, and recently shared this advocacy alert with the steering committee. We’re publishing it with her permission.
StoryCorps is planning a visit to Kansas to record conversations with people who have been or are current SNAP recipients and others who have been involved with the program. We’d love for you to tell your story!
A big advocacy win for struggling seniors and farmers in Missouri!
Thanks to the hard work of advocates like you, Missouri seniors and farmers will once again enjoy the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, beginning in FY 2019. Last night, the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 444 out of committee. SB 444 would lower the states sales tax rate on food from the current rate of 6.5% to 4% in 2020 and then down to 2% in 2021. The bill now moves to the full Senate for consideration.
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote any day now on a disastrous Farm Bill. Now is the time to speak out!
Care about lowering sales tax on food in Kansas? It is time to take action! Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee will hold a hearing on Senate Concurrent Resolution 1604 on Thursday, February 1 at 9:30 a.m..
A new resource from KC Healthy Kids and the Public Health Law Center will help Kansas gardeners and farmers better understand policies relating to season extension activities.
You know that feeling of dread and panic you get when you have to go to the DMV to renew your driver’s license? It’s just a fraction of what you might feel if you had to apply for food assistance.
Tim White tried to keep the Hiawatha Thriftway open in ways that might bring customers through the door. He welcomed community growers to have a farmers market in the parking lot. He stocked his store’s fresh section with locally-grown produce.
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