The 2023 Oregon legislative session kicked off this week in Salem. Over the next five months, lawmakers will consider hundreds of proposed bills, many of which could impact how people access, handle, produce, and consume food. Here’s a look at 10 food-related bills to follow this session:
Food insecurity for students, immigrants, and planned communities
Before the pandemic, 1 in 11 Oregonians was food insecure, according to the Oregon Food Bank Network, meaning they didn’t have regular access to quality food or enough of it. As of 2022, that number has grown to 1 in 8 — an increase advocates attribute to the fallout of COVID-19.
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