What's For Dinner?

Lorette Picciano Lorette Picciano is tonight's guest. The 2012 Farm Bill is still being debated in late spring 2013, the 7th time Lorette helped craft the Farm Bill, which is debated every 4 years and covers everything from subsidies to food stamps (SNAP) and organics to programs for veterans. Executive Director of the Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural, Lorette works with 70 plus culturally diverse, community-based organizations that represent both farmworkers and small producers from the US and Mexico. They secure civil and human rights in the agriculture and trade sectors - including the lawsuits to gain equity for all farmers and farmworkers from the US Department of Agriculture.