LC Farm Bureau celebrates Food Check-Out Week
Published 11:35 am Thursday, February 7, 2019
Judge-Executive Jim Adams signed a proclamation in celebration of Food Check-Out Weeks. Members of the Lincoln County Farm Bureau Women's Committee present for the signing, were, from left, Gracie Gilbert, Farm Bureau Women's Committee Chairman, Thelma Blair, Adams, Melinda Pence and Mary Ann May.
The Lincoln County Farm Bureau Women's Committee made a donation of $100 to Fort Logan Ministries in celebration of Food Check-Out Week. Thelma Blair, chairman of Lincoln County Farm Bureau Women's Committee, shown at right, presents Stephanie Halcomb, Fort Logan Ministries representative, the check for $100.
The cost of food in America remains affordable. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, American consumers spend, on average, just over 10 percent of their disposable income for food. 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 in about five weeks, said Kentucky Farm Bureau president Mark Haney.
“America’s food supply is the most affordable as well as the safest in the world,” Haney said.
“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.”
In recognition of this, Lincoln County Farm Bureau is celebrating February 3-9, as Food Check-Out Week. To mark the occasion, the Lincoln County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee donated $100 to Fort Logan Ministries.
Long after Food Check-Out Week, Americans are required to continue earning income for other necessities. The Tax Foundation has reported that Americans must work over 100 days to pay their federal taxes.
“We work much longer to pay for federal taxes than our food,” Haney said.
