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For fifth-term Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, a loan she and her husband received from the Payroll Protection Program for their small businesses has become a small issue in her campaign for re-election. She says “American workers deserve the certainty of their job,” and that’s why she and …

A coalition of organizations that represent farmers, ranchers, fishermen, students, and food system workers launched a new campaign Tuesday that targets the purchasing practices of the country's top cafeteria operators. Those operators—Aramark, Sodexo, and Compass Group—run a huge percentage of the country's institutional cafeterias, including 47 percent of hospitals, 21 percent of college campuses, and 11 percent of public school districts. The coalition aims to shift the purchasing practices of the biggest operators to support a more sustainable food supply chain.