Senator Sherrod Brown will be at the Cleveland Foodbank to participate in a forum about hunger and the Farm Bill.

Senator Brown, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, will have a key role in crafting the Senate’s version of the Farm Bill, which funds critical anti-hunger programs including The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), which provides 30% of the food distributed by food banks nationally, and Food Stamps (used by approximately 177,000 Cuyahoga County residents to help them stretch their food dollars). The Farm Bill is only reauthorized every five years so now is the time to push for improvements to these programs moving forward.

Local food activists encourage people to attend the forum to help show Senator Brown that these programs are important to Northeast Ohioans and low income families in the region.

RSVP to Holli at 216-738-2265 x2119 or hsachs@clevelandfoodbank.org.