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In this opinion piece, Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of Propel, highlights the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's importance for low-income American families while urging policymakers to prioritize protecting households from Electronic Benefits Transfer theft by enhancing safeguard features for EBT cards.

In this opinion piece, Dr. Keefe Keeley, Savanna Institute's executive director, highlights the opportunity of the impact that the Farm Bill has on agroforestry to thrive in changing weather patterns, economic trends, and social conditions. 

In this opinion piece, Lucas Lentsch, CEO of the United Soybean Board, says a thriving world starts with adequate nutrition and that farmer investments are helping address the challenge. 

In this opinion piece, Missouri farmer Blake Hurst argues that a contemporary brand of populism risks undermining American agriculture. 

In this opinion piece, Ruben Guerra, president of the Latin Business Association, urges Congress to act on legislation that would preempt Prop 12 requirements for pork that's produced outside California and sold in the state. 

In this opinion piece, Tom Sell, managing partner of Combest, Sell & Associates, argues that the Congressional Budget Office is undermining progress on a new farm bill by insisting on an incorrect estimate of future Commodity Credit Corporation spending.

In this opinion piece, House Agriculture Committee Democrat Nikki Budzinski of Illinois argues that the GOP majority’s farm bill would harm families and fail farmers because of the way it is structured and funded.

In this opinion piece, Adam Putnam, CEO of Ducks Unlimited, highlights why the world’s largest non-profit dedicated to conserving North America’s wetlands and waterfowl habitat supports the voluntary, incentive-based policies included in the House farm bill’s conservation title.

In this joint opinion piece, philanthropists and professional athletes Curtis Granderson and Kelvin Beachum highlight their respective charitable endeavors while advocating for Congress to enact a farm bill that strengthens SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.  

In this opinion piece, Jonathan Coppess, Gardner associate professor in agriculture policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, argues that it's vital for Congress to pass a new farm bill that protects the climate-related investments made by the Inflation Reduction Act.