Policy Makers and Candidates Urged to Make Hunger Reduction Priority in Farm Bill at Bread for the World's Gathering 2007
U.S. Newswire, June, 2007
To: RELIGION EDITORS
Contact: Melissa Salmanowitz, 1-202-478-6138, msalmanowitz@mrss.com, for Bread for the World
WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented show of support by the nation's religious communities for redirecting funds in the farm bill to fight hunger and rural poverty, hundreds of Christians are calling on Congress to reform the farm bill this week. Demonstrating a new level of public engagement in this largely insiders' issue, The Gathering 2007, sponsored by Bread for the World, is mobilizing Christians to urge Congress to look to their faiths as a guide to taking action in the 2007 farm bill to reduce hunger in America. The four-day event will culminate in a Capitol Hill Farm Bill Lobby Day today.
"The Gathering is...
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