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Group aims to put food policy on the kitchen table

The push against Southerland is a test of how to make food policy stick in the political arena ahead of the 2016 presidential and congressional races. Many of the same people who care the most about issues like hunger, antibiotics in meat and labeling of genetically modified ingredients — moms and young people — also are politically aware and likely to cast ballots. On Wednesday, the group is expected to announce that it will spend the final weeks of the 2014 election trying to defeat Southerland, a Republican who led a 2013 House effort to increase work requirements for food stamp recipients. Claire Benjamin, managing director of Food Policy Action, said the group chose Southerland because of his record on food stamps, along with other votes, including a vote against food safety dollars and a vote against a project designed to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities. Benjamin said the group will spend up to $100,000 to boost voter turnout against Southerland, including telephone calls, digital ads and social media. Food Policy Action is also trying to gain support outside the Florida district, holding rallies in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Las Vegas to try to galvanize college students and others on issues like antibiotics in meat and healthier school lunches.

 

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