Farm Bureau Celebrates Food Check-Out Week

The cost of food in America remains affordable. 

American consumers spend, on average, just over 10 percent of their disposable income for food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.  That means the average household will have earned enough disposable income - that portion of income available for spending or saving – to pay for its annual food supply about mid-February.

America’s food supply is the most affordable as well as the safest in the world.   The safe, abundant and affordable domestic foods that are produced by farmers in Kentucky and throughout the United States are responsible, in part, for our nation’s increased standard of living.

“People find it pretty amazing to learn that they spend much less of their income on food than those in other nations,” said KFB President Mark Haney, a Pulaski County farmer.  “It’s also interesting to note the difference between how long we work to pay for food and how long we work to pay our taxes.”

In recognition of this, Garrard County Farm Bureau is celebrating February 15-21, 2009 as Food Check-Out Week.

To mark the occasion, the Garrard County Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Committee has donated $100 in nutritious foods to the Back Pack Program and a $100 check to GC Food Pantry.