cityslickers_inset.jpg

ABOUT KEN

Ken Cook is president of Environmental Working Group, a public interest research and advocacy organization known for its Farm Subsidy Database. The author of dozens of articles, opinion pieces and reports on agricultural, public health and environmental topics, "[Cook's] fingerprints can be found on nearly two decades of U.S. farm law" (Omaha World Herald). Read more about the authors.

Stay connected

Get our monthly eNewsletter, farm policy updates, & the latest farm news. [Privacy policy]


Search the database

Search by city


Search by zip code

Search by beneficiaries's name
(last)
(first)

Search by business name

MULCH VIA EMAIL

Enter your Email


Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz

« Farm Bill: All You Can Eat--for $3 a Day
Jim McGovern Makes Food Stamp Funding Personal
| << Back to main page | Farm Bill: New EWG Web Site on Farm Subsidies
To Go Public June 12 »

Farm Bill: More on The Congressional "Food Stamp Challenge"

When Food Stamp Challenge participant Rep. Jan Schakowski (IL-9) says "hold the Mayo", it's not out of choice.

For lunch, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Illinois Democrat, had tuna fish -- no mayonnaise -- on white bread bought for 89 cents a loaf. "I couldn't afford the mayo," she said, adding that she sliced tomatoes she bought razor-thin to make them last but "splurged on some broccoli."

Here's the link to the Congressional Food Stamp Challenge. Great stuff.

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)