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Martus: Our market’s participation in these programs has not only benefited the people of Genesee County, but it has kept our farmers in business during particularly trying times such as covid, natural disasters and economic downturns. — PolitiTweet.org
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Karianne Martus, @FlintFarmMarket: Almost all our eligible vendors accept EBT/SNAP benefits and participate in the @FairFoodNetwork’s Double Up Food Bucks Program which @SenStabenow helped take nationwide in the Farm Bill. — PolitiTweet.org
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Bates: Few things can transform the productivity and profitability of a small market farm faster and more efficiently than a hoophouse or greenhouse. — PolitiTweet.org
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Brian Bates, Bear Creek Organic Farm, Petoskey, Mich: We have built two hoophouses through the @USDA_NRCS EQIP program. While this program’s funding has been dramatically outpaced by the cost of materials, it is arguably the most popular NRCS program amongst growers like us. — PolitiTweet.org
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Steve Ewald, Ewald Farms, Unionville, Mich: The 2023 Farm Bill can and should include incentives for sound environmental practices that can be implemented by most growers. — PolitiTweet.org
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Florian: Not only is ValleyHUB growing, but we are acting as an engine of regional economic prosperity for rural families in Southwest Michigan. Our programs build new skills, relationships, and market solutions for settings that have unique food preparation requirements. — PolitiTweet.org
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Florian: We currently support over 32 regional farmers and value added product producers, connecting consumers to fresh Michigan grown produce in settings as diverse as hospitals, schools, groceries, restaurants, and early child care facilities. — PolitiTweet.org
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Florian: The funding @KVCC has received through the LFPP grant is instrumental in allowing ValleyHUB to work towards our full potential. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rosie Florian, @KVCC’s ValleyHUB, Kalamazoo, Mich: Local and regional food systems, and the locally embedded businesses and organizations that support them, are a critical piece of our global food security, and need to be supported as such. — PolitiTweet.org
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Knight: The commodity we share most often is hope, it just looks like food. — PolitiTweet.org
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Knight: Thank you for investing yourself in things that are bigger than we are and will last longer than any of us. — PolitiTweet.org
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Phil Knight, @FBCMich, Lansing, Mich: A thank you to you personally @SenStabenow for how you have chosen to invest the one handful of life you have been given, to stand in the gap for those who struggle a bit more with things most of us take for granted. — PolitiTweet.org
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Vear: Since 1994, @NIUpNorth has provided 1,507 loans totaling over $88 million and helped to create or retain nearly 7,000 jobs. Nearly 85% of these loans have been to small businesses in rural Michigan. — PolitiTweet.org
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Vear: When we opened @TheDelftBistro, @NIUpNorth used IRP to help us purchase our kitchen equipment. RMAP funds helped finance many of our rural neighbors and to provide those businesses the technical assistance to manage their cash flow and market their goods and services. — PolitiTweet.org
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Tom Vear, @TheDelftBistro and Donckers, Marquette, Mich — PolitiTweet.org
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Kennedy: Stress in rural America is not talked about enough, which is unfortunate, because it’s a problem we can only solve by working together. I am thankful to this committee for stepping up in the farm bill and reauthorizing the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. — PolitiTweet.org
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Kennedy: @MichiganMilk is proud to have helped inspire this initiative, which began as the Milk Donation Reimbursement Program in the 2018 Farm Bill. — PolitiTweet.org
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Ashley Kennedy, Sheridan Dairy, Bad Axe, Mich: We also strongly encourage robust support for the Dairy Donation Program that you authored, @SenStabenow, to facilitate the donation of dairy products to food insecure families. — PolitiTweet.org
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Woodke: @StaroftheWest1 knows this can be achieved and we are excited to see how the next Farm Bill can help us nourish our families, communities, and states through a climate smart foodshed. — PolitiTweet.org
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Woodke: Imagine the resiliency and vibrancy of a foodshed that supplies locally grown, sustainable, nutrient-dense food to some of our most vulnerable populations: hospitals, prisons, schools and inner-city areas like Detroit and Flint. — PolitiTweet.org
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Lisa Woodke, @StaroftheWest1, Frankemuth, Mich: High speed broadband in all geographies is essential, and I’d to thank @SenStabenow for her work to secure funding in this area. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rachel Lyons, Bay Mills Indian Community, Brimley, Mich: The programs and funding associated with the Farm Bill are absolutely necessary for our communities to not only address concerns related to our natural resources but also in helping to increase food security. — PolitiTweet.org
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Jacobs: which, thanks to @SenStabenow’s leadership, received permanent mandatory funding in the 2018 Farm Bill. This Farm Bill program could be used to train future generations of indoor growers. — PolitiTweet.org
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Marisa Jacobs, @SquareRootsGrow, Wyoming, Mich: The Farm Bill authorizes programs to support and train beginning farmers, including the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, — PolitiTweet.org
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Maxwell: Agriculture is an increasingly capital-intensive industry – equipment alone for planting and harvesting can quickly add up to over a half a million dollars. It’s nearly impossible for new entrants to enter farming if they do not have additional resources. — PolitiTweet.org
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Allyson Maxwell, Peter Maxwell Farms, Beaverton, Mich: The return on federal investment in MAP and FMD is significant and undisputed. Between 1977-2019 these programs resulted in $24.50 return for every dollar invested. — PolitiTweet.org
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Ball: At that moment, the weight of the situation fell onto me, and at the age of 18, I knew that I wanted to grow food for my community and build a more resilient food system on the values of food access, mutual aid, and sustainable community focused growth. — PolitiTweet.org
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Ball: During the height of the housing crisis, I saw my local economy collapse and my friends, family, and neighbors plunged deeper into poverty and causing many local businesses to close, including our local grocery store. — PolitiTweet.org
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Alexander Ball, Old City Acres, Belleville, Mich: I am proud to say that I am a Southeast Michigan farmer. I, along with two generations before me, were born and raised in a small factory town on the edge of Metro Detroit called Romulus. — PolitiTweet.org
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Dr. Joe Sullivan, Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, Saranac, Mich: The Agriculture Committee provided invaluable help to animal agriculture in the 2018 farm bill through the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program. Thank you all for your leadership. — PolitiTweet.org
