Rural Minds Founder Monitoring Developments Surrounding Farm Bill

The head of a national nonprofit organization based in Chautauqua County has been keeping tabs on developments surrounding the advancement of the Farm Bill. The measure, which has been stalled in Washington for the past three years, has cleared the Senate Agriculture Committee, but is yet to be taken up by the full Senate. Jeff Winton, founder and chair of Rural Minds, says there are two provisions in particular that are important to the organization. He says one of them deals with expanding broadband...

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Winton says the second is increased funding for services for people living with addiction or substance use disorder...

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Winton, who was a guest on a recent edition of WDOE's "Viewpoint" program, says he'll continue to be "patient and hopeful" that the bill will get passed.

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