1. UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Twentieth session, “General Comment 12: The Right to Adequate Food, Article 11,” (UN Doc E/C.12/1999/5), May 12, 1999, http:// www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/3d02758c707031d58025677f003b73b9?Opendocument.

2. Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations (FAO), “Right to Food,” March 26, 2008, http://www.fao.org/righttofood/.

3. Rossett, Peter, “U.S. Opposes Right to Food at World Summit,” Food, June 30, 2002, http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Right-To-Food30jun02.htm.

4. 2007 Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America, “Children and Elderly Hunger Facts,” America’s Second Harvest, March 2008, http://www.secondharvest.org/learn_about_hunger/fact_sheet/poverty_stats.html.

5. America’s Second Harvest, “Hunger and Poverty Statistics,” Learn about Hunger, March 2007, http://www.secondharvest.org/learn_about_hunger/fact_sheet/poverty_stats.html.

6. 2007 Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America, “Food Insecurity,” America’s Second Harvest, March 2008, http://www.secondharvest.org/learn_about_hunger/fact_sheet/poverty_stats.html.

7. Nord, Mark, “Food Security in Rural Households: Rates of Food Insecurity and Hunger Unchanged in Rural Households,” Rural  America, 16, no. 4 (Winter 2002), http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/ruralamerica/ra164/ra164g.pdf.

8. Brown, Larry et al, The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger: Estimated Annual Burden to the United States. (Maryland: Sodexho Foundation, June 5 2007).

9. Weil, James, “Addressing Hunger Among America’s Elderly Population” (Testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Aging by the Food Research and Action Center), March 5, 2008, http://aging.senate.gov/events/hr189jw.pdf.

10. Nord, Mark, “Food Insecurity in Households with Children,” Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report, no. 34-13, July 2003, http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr34/fanrr34-13/fanrr34-13.pdf.

11. Ibid.

12. Sustainable Table, “Sustainable vs. Industrial Comparison: a comparison,” Introduction to Sustainability, March 2008,  http://www.sustainabletable.org/intro/comparison/.

13. Bray, George, et al,  “Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 79, No. 4 (April 2004) 537-543, http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/79/4/537.

14. Schoonover, Heather and Mark Muller, Food Without Thought: How US Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity, (Minneapolis: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, March 2006), http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?RefID=80627.

15. Center for Science in the Public Interest, “Food Safety,” Current Food Safety News, February 2008. http://www.cspinet.org/foodsafety/.

16. Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention, “America’s Food Supply,” March 2008, http://www.foodborneillness.org/food_supply.htm.

17. Food and Research Center, “State of the States 2007: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs across the Nation,” June 2007,  http://www.frac.org/SOS%202007%20Report.pdf.

18. Ibid.

19. Rosenbaum, Dorothy, “Failure to Enact Farm Bill Would Lock in Food Stamp Benefit Cuts,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 20, 2007,  http://www.cbpp.org/7-17-07fa.htm.

20. Schoonover, Heather and Mark Muller, Food Without Thought: How US Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity, (Minneapolis: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, March 2006), http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?RefID=80627.

21. Brown, Larry et al, The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger: Estimated Annual Burden to the United States, (Maryland: Sodexho Foundation, June 5 2007).

22. Economic Research Service, “Household Food Security in the United States, 2005, Economic Research Report, no. 29, November 2006, http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR29/ERR29c.pdf.

23. Knight, Bruce, “Speech: Farm Bill 2007,” Newsroom, June 20, 200,. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/speeches/content/2007/06/SouthernAssnStateDeptsAg_6_20_07.shtml.

24. Naylor, George, “The 2007 Farm Bill: What we need and why?” NFFC Issues, April 2007, http://www.nffc.net/resources/statements/2007FarmBillWhatWeNeed.doc.

25. Pick, Daniel and Agnes Perez, “Characterizing U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Production,” PowerPoint presentation, United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, June 2007, as presented at the Immigration Reform: Implications for Farmers, Farm Workers, and Communities, June 13-14, 2007.  http://www.migration.ucdavis.edu/cf/files/Pick.pdf.

26. National Family Farm Coalition and Grassroots International. Food Sovereignty (Washington DC, Red Sun Press), 2007.

27. Institute for Agriculture Trade and Policy. Building Sustainable Rural Communities and Healthy Food Systems (Minneapolis: Institute for Agriculture Trade and Policy, 2004).

28. UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, fifth session, “General Comment 3: The nature of States parties obligations,  Art. 2, par.1” (UN doc. E/1991/23), December 12, 1990,  http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.(Symbol)/94bdbaf59b43a424c12563ed0052b 664?Opendocument.