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2008 Alerts and Updates

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July 2008

 

Nutrition Action Alert (7/10/08) • House Education Committee Hearing on the Impact of Rising Food Prices on Child Nutrition Programs • Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization: Opportunities, Survey Results, and More • LA School District's Motion on Physical Education • Changes at CFPA

 

June 2008

 

Nutrition Action Alert (6/10/08) • State Senate to Hear Nutrition Bills: Letters Needed! • Help Get Nutrition Funding in Second Federal Economic Stimulus Package • Updated Farm Bill Resources • Budget Action and Localized Budget Resources • Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization • WIC Food Package FAQs • Changes at CFPA

 

May 2008

 

Nutrition Legislation Update (5/29/08) • Much Progress (and One Defeat) for CFPA-Sponsored Bills • Budget Update • SJ Mercury News Editorial Pushes Food Stamp Legislation • Brief Farm Bill Update • Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Listening Sessions at USDA Office in SF • Last Chance!  Child Nutrition Reauthorization Survey Closes on Monday, June 2 • New Resource: California Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Standard by County

 

Special Budget Alert (5/15/08) • Nutrition Impact of the Governor's May Revision • Governor Releases Revised Budget • Congress Passes the Farm Bill! • Child Nutrition Reauthorization Survey

 

Nutrition Action Alert (5/12/08) • A FINAL Farm Bill? • Hunger Action Day Recap • Nutrition Bills Need Help out of Appropriations • Hearing on Rising Food Costs • News and Notes • Child Nutrition Reauthorization Survey • Stay Tuned: Special May Revise Alert

 

 

April 2008

 

Nutrition Action Alert (4/4/08) • Rising Food Prices and the Need for Strong Nutrition Policy • School Nutrition Bills Out of Assembly Education Committee! • Letters Needed for Food Stamp Bills • Food Stamp Cuts Being Heard in Budget Sub-Committee: 4/16 • Hunger Action Day Updates and Info • Farm Bill 2007, 2008, Ever?

 

 

March 2008

 

Nutrition Action Alert (3/7/08) • Help Move Our 2008 Legislative Agenda • CFPA Testifies in Sacramento and DC • Progress on a Controversial Issue: Stigma Sandwiches • Nominees for 2008 Hunger Champions • County Profiles in Action • Save the Date: Hunger Action Day, May 7, 2008

 

February 2008

 

Nutrition Action Alert (2/14/08) • Farm Bill: Action Needed! • Food Stamp Forum Wrap-Up • Budget Update • Updated County Profiles • New CFPA Report on County Food Stamp Performance • Obesity Hearing in Sacramento

 

January 2008

 

Nutrition Action Alert - Special Budget Edition (1/10/08) • 2008 Budget Overview • Nutritional Analysis of the Governor’s Budget • Farm Bill Update • Simplified Summer Food Update • USDA Encourages Schools to Start Meeting the Dietary Guidelines • Food Stamp Forum


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