S 1145 · in committee · niche
Farmers’ Market Expansion Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill adds tree nuts to the list of foods seniors can buy with federal nutrition vouchers.
- Low-income seniors using the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program are affected.
- The Department of Agriculture administers the program through grants to states with no new funding specified.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would adding tree nuts to the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program change which seniors benefit most, given that nuts are often more expensive than other produce?
- 02
What evidence exists that tree nuts address nutritional gaps in current senior diets compared to other foods that could be added to the program?
- 03
If states must expand the program without new federal funding, how might individual state budgets absorb the cost of additional tree nut purchases?
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Sponsor · R-AL
Tommy Tuberville
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Introduced 2025-03-26
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Legislative timeline
2025-03-26 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-03-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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