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Sponsor seeks task force to boost local and organic food access under Senate Bill 233
Summary
Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson presented sponsor testimony for Senate Bill 233, which would create an Ohio local and organic food and farm task force to recommend policies and funding to expand local food production and access; sponsor cited state food-insecurity data and proposed a two-year planning and sunset period.
Senate Bill 233, sponsored by Ranking Member Paula Hicks-Hudson, received its first hearing in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Hicks-Hudson told the committee the bill would create an Ohio Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force to develop policy and funding recommendations to strengthen local food systems and increase access to Ohio-grown foods.
Hicks-Hudson cited data from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio showing that an estimated 1,653,610 Ohioans—about 14 percent—were food insecure in…
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