On the ICPJ Michigan Food Stamp Challenge Blog, Jeanne recently wrote “I would like to ask the people choosing to participate to work for justice.”

She’s right. Taking the Challenge is only a first step. It’s a way to open our hearts and to realize the challenges that peole living in poverty face.

But the follow up requires action.

This month the Senate is debating the Farm Bill, which sets the rules for Food Stamps and many other food-related programs. It’s important that you contact your Senator and tell them to support full funding for the Food Stamp program.

The Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism has an online tool to help you do just that. Write your Senator now.

The Farm Bill covers many other areas related to hunger in the United States and around the world. Bread for the World has an excellent briefing paper on their goals for Farm Bill reform (word document).

The Farm Bill addresses many of the other issues that have come up on this blog. For example, “Why is unhealthy food so cheap (and healthy food so expensive)?” The Farm Bill subsidies make fillers like high-fructose corn syrup artificially cheap (and provide subsidies for agribusiness mega-corporations).

The farm bill is really the food bill, and reforming it is a justice issue for America’s low-income families, for America’s farmers, and for farmers around the world.

You can take action on these other aspects of the farm bill online at Bread for the World.

Please, head Jeanne’s call and work for justice.