It’s not the knock-’em-down and drag-it-out fight over bobcat hunting. It’s not the highly reported, bipartisan-toted Medicaid expansion bill.
It’s not the universally-agreed-upon and oft-discussed opioid crisis.
But food policy, if not sexy, is rather personal to each and every one one of us. It’s about what you eat, people.
At the most basic level, those policies influence the dairy, meat, produce and product labeling in your grocery cart. They determine whether you can have a morning sip of beer or wine at the local farmers market, and how easy it is for the state’s young people to access food.
They also guide our nutrition and overall health, affect land use and play roles within the economy and rural communities.
As for who determines those policies, federal officials and politicians aren’t the only ones who have a say. State legislators do, too, and though the next New Hampshire Legislature won’t be elected for another six days, they already have a number of food-related items on the docket come January.
Continue reading on the Ag & Eats blog.