"Ke koi nei ka Academy i ka Ahaolelo e hoʻohui i kāna kākoʻo i kēia bipartisan, bicameral bila. ʻO kēia ʻaha kūkā he hana i makemake nui ʻia e hoʻoponopono i ka pōloli a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, "wahi a ka meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai a me ka Pelekikena Academy Kevin L. Sauer.
"Ua ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua haneli mai ka wā i ʻākoakoa ai ka Hale Paʻa i kahi hālāwai kūkā i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi," wahi a Sauer. "I kēia lā, pono mākou e hana pū i ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻonā hou i ka meaʻai a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻohana i nā meaʻai olakino."
I ka makahiki 1969, ua hui ʻia ka hālāwai kūkā mua a me ka White House e pili ana i ka meaʻai, ka meaʻai, ka pōloli a me ke olakino, e alakaʻi ana i nā hoʻopukapuka koʻikoʻi i ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā papahana e hilinaʻi mau nei nā miliona o ʻAmelika i kēia mau lā, me ka Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ka Special Supplemental Nutrition. Papahana no nā wāhine, nā kamaliʻi a me nā keiki a me ka papahana ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka ʻaina awakea.
Ma hope o ka 50th anniversary o ka ʻaha kūkā mua, ua hui ka Academy i nā hui ʻē aʻe i ke kāhea ʻana i kahi hālāwai kūkā.
"He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka meaʻai i kēlā me kēia manawa o ke ola a kākoʻo i ke olakino, maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola. He kākoʻo haʻaheo ka Academy i nā kulekele e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino a hōʻemi i ka palekana o ka meaʻai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma ka pae honua, "wahi a Sauer.
