"we have a nice tourism brochure now about farmers' markets and direct marketing."
"let us get the food to the people who need it in the most timely way."
"Well, they need to drive around my district, because these are not restaurants. This is just the only place to get it, it may be a braised chicken."
"I come from a rural district in New Hampshire, the western part of the state, a lot of small towns. And we have talked in this Committee before, in particular during the farm bill, about food deserts."
"I come from a rural district, so sadly, there are places where you have to travel a long way to get healthy food."
"What is interesting is we did the two for one SNAP benefit at the farmers' markets, which is hugely successful in my district."
"I was a working mom. I know this problem."
"It is hard to buy fresh ingredients and have them still fresh by the time you get around to a day when you do have time."
"let's not layer on the guilt to the working mom because she is not making the sliced potatoes au gratin from scratch, or whatever."
"the two-for-one SNAP benefits is really great, and gives the farmers some reliability too. It improves their marketing."
"It is vitally important to the well-being of our future and our children."