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Co+op represents a network of community-owned grocery stores across the country. Unlike corporate chains, each co-op is totally independent and owned by the community members who shop. Co-ops are on a mission to make sure everyone has access to healthy, delicious food. Find us on Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest.

Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act
By: Co+op
Requires meat and poultry corporations and industrial operators to submit disaster preparedness plans, which would shift responsibility for responsible disaster mitigation from the public to those entities. Supports worker safety and animal welfare.
COMPOST Act
By: Co+op
Creates new USDA grant and loan guarantee programs for composting infrastructure projects. Prioritizes projects that create inclusive hiring and leadership development opportunities, provide living wages or incorporate an environmental justice plan.
Conservation Reserve Program Reform Act
By: Co+op
I ncreases landowners’ incentives to protect important wildlife habitat and help slow climate change, while also improving access to farmland for new and beginning farmers.
Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act
By: Co+op
Provides vital assistance to farmers affected by PFAS by authorizing grants for states to provide financial assistance to affected farmers, expand monitoring and testing, remediate PFAS, or even help farmers relocate.
Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA)
By: Co+op
Gives farmers the tools they need to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 by increasing research, improving soil health, protecting farmland, supporting pasture-based livestock systems, boosting investments in on-farm energy initiatives and reducing food waste.
Strengthening Organic Agriculture Research (SOAR) Act
By: Co+op
Increases funding for organic research and supports applied research projects that solve problems faced by organic producers.
Opportunities in Organic Act
By: Co+op
Supports farmers who wish to transition to organic practices and empowers organic producers by reducing cost barriers and expanding access to new resources, particularly for socially disadvantaged farmers.
SNAP access for medically vulnerable children act
By: Co+op
Allows households with children with chronic medical conditions to deduct allowable medical expenses.
Senior Hunger Prevention Act
By: Co+op
Makes SNAP benefits more robust and easily available for older individuals.
Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
By: Co+op
Enables Puerto Rico to participate as a state in SNAP.

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