A bipartisan group of twenty members of Congress has just introduced a resolution in support of a National Fresh Food Financing Initiative.

More than 27 million people, mostly people with low incomes and people of color, in the United States do not have access to fresh affordable food. The National Fresh Food Financing Initiative would create public-private partnerships devoted to expanding access to grocery stores, farmers markets, and other access programs for fresh foods.

The program would also create new jobs and economic growth in struggling communities. The idea is based on a program is Pennsylvania that has created 4,800 new jobs and brought expanded access to fresh foods to more than 400,000 people.

Now it’s time to do the same thing on a national level. It is good for people’s health, good for creating new jobs, and good for spurring sustainable economic growth. Send a letter to your Representatives asking them to support the National Fresh Food Financing Initiative.

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