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America's food system works best when every part of it is strong. Farmers need dependable markets for the crops they grow. Grocery stores need customers who can afford to shop. And families need reliable access to healthy, nutritious food. When one part of that cycle breaks down, the entire system suffers.

Last year's cuts to SNAP broke that balance. More than four million people lost food assistance nationwide, including hundreds of thousands of children. As grocery prices continue to rise, many families are being asked to feed their households with fewer resources, while farmers face growing uncertainty about future demand.

Congress is now considering billions of dollars in additional assistance for agriculture. Supporting farmers is essential -- but a healthy food system doesn't end at the farm gate. It succeeds only when the food America's farmers produce remains within reach of the families who need it.

Tell your senators and representative to restore SNAP benefits, reject further cuts, and ensure that every farm bill strengthens both American agriculture and the families it feeds.SIGN & SEND

The current proposals fall far short. Not only do they leave last year's historic SNAP cuts in place, they also shift billions of dollars in new costs onto the states. That could force states to reduce food assistance further, cut other essential services, or create new barriers that make it harder for eligible families to receive help.

None of those outcomes serves farmers, grocery stores, or consumers. When families cannot afford groceries, stores sell less food. When stores sell less food, demand for farmers' products weakens. The strongest agricultural economy is one where people have both food to buy and the means to buy it.

A truly effective Farm Bill should strengthen every link in the farm-to-table chain. It should support the people who grow America's food while restoring the nutrition assistance that allows families to purchase it. Restoring SNAP benefits is not separate from supporting agriculture -- it is one of the most important ways to sustain the entire food system.

Tell Congress that any farm bill or emergency farm relief must restore SNAP benefits and build a food system that works for farmers, grocers, and families alike.

Thank you for standing up for a stronger farm-to-table food system where farmers can thrive, grocery stores can prosper, and every family has access to the nutritious food they need.

A decade ago, the state of Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.

Her name and photo were on her new school’s website and details of her case were easy to find with an online search.

The state also knew that a transplanted Midwesterner had been fired from her Cincinnati charter school, following felony charges related to misuse of public funds, and had been banned from teaching or running schools in Ohio. Yet Florida did not stop her from starting a private school and collecting public money.

As private schools proliferate in Florida and across the country, fueled by taxpayer dollars, states are choosing not to closely regulate who is operating them or to oversee student safety and achievement, a ProPublica investigation found.

The backgrounds of school founders and employees often simply don’t matter. In Arizona, for example, “state law prohibits our department from a role overseeing private schools,” a spokesperson for the state Department of Education told ProPublica.

Marco Rubio is a pussy!