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Just some nerd who needed a new place to post and doodles and other artworks (but posts far too much anime, cartoons, games, lolita dresses + other cute clothing, red pandas, and whatever else catches my fancy in between)
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TL;DR: If you are able, could you email your senator and tell them that you support the Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act? They will actually give a shit this time I promise, they just need to know you care*. Email is fine! All you have to type is “I support the Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act”. You can tell them Tumblr sent you if you want.
HERE’S WHY: In my day job I help administer paperwork for one of the best government programs you’ve never heard of, the Local Food Purchase Agreement. This program:
Buys produce from small sustainable farmers with an emphasis on supporting BIPOC farmers
Pays those farmers good money
Gets local businesses to pack that produce
Delivers the produce to food aid programs in schools and community organizations to be distributed for free without conditions
Broke people get extremely nice fresh fruits, vegetables, milk, meat, eggs
A lot of the products are heirloom and culturally important foods. No generic government potatoes here.
Also there are huge funding carve-outs for indigenous food sovereignty products
People send in notes about how this is what they’ve always wanted to feed their families but they usually can’t afford it. I love this program so much.
^ This is a stock photo but the produce genuinely looks like this. I have both worked in and lived off food aid programs in my lifetime and if you ever have you know that “brown bananas” and “fun game! find the squash that isn’t moldy” is usually the best it gets. Produce that is actually fresh and high-quality and tastes nice and is heritage varieties of culturally important foods is basically asking for the moon. Except they might actually give us the moon this time. It turns out that the moon only costs, like, twice what my small town spends on police every year. Let’s get the moon!
*Here’s the thing, no one hates The American Farmer. Farm stuff is almost always bipartisan. This makes it easier to get food to people! Let’s do the thing!
