Wednesday, June 13, 2007

AEO Policy Series - Rural Microenterprise and the Farm Bill discussed on AEO's May Policy Call

On AEO's May Policy Call, Jon Bailey, Director, Rural Research and Analysis Program of the Center for Rural Affairs in Nebraska discussed their efforts to include funding for a new rural microenterprise development program in the Rural Development portion of the Farm Bill. He described the contents of the legislation, its current status and how listeners can follow up with their Senators and Representatives to push for passage of this important piece of legislation. The call includes some questions from listeners.

To learn more about AEO's policy priorities, go to http://www.microenterpriseworks.org/index.asp?bid=59

To learn more about the Center for Rural Affairs, go to http://www.cfra.org/

To listen to this podcast, click here.