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Butler County Farm Bureau Celebrates Food Check-Out Week

Morgantown, KY – 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 potion 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 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, Butler County Farm Bureau is celebrating February 2-8, 2020, as Food Check-Out Week.

To mark the occasion, Butler County Farm Bureau will be giving away gift cards beginning Wednesday, February 5th, Thursday, February 6th, and Friday, February 7th. Come by our office to register for the Wednesday giveaway and like us on our Facebook page for Thursday and Friday’s giveaways.

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 for food,” Haney said.

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