Tag Archive for "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program"

photo of an empty US Senate hearing room, with a row of padded blue chairs on a raised dais facing out toward multiple rows of metal chairs for visitors

WellesEnterprises/Getty Images

October 15, 2024

The Election Is Almost Here—But Where Is the Farm Bill?

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

photo of a US Senate door in a dark brown wood; in gold letters a plaque on the door says "Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry"

Shutterstock/DCStockPhotography

March 18, 2024

Show Me the (Agriculture Appropriations) Money

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

photo of a farmer wearing a bucket hat and driving a tractor toward the camera, with some trees and hazy sky in the background

USDA/Lance Cheung

August 15, 2023

Three Things the 2023 Food and Farm Bill Can—and Should—Do

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

photo of a long dining table in a dark room, ready for dinner with candlelight, flowers, wine, tablecloth and place settings; the chairs are all empty waiting for guests to arrive

Juliette F/Unsplash

June 26, 2023

Why Living Above the Poverty Line Doesn’t Guarantee Food Security

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

photo of members of the Good Food For All coalition posing on the steps in front of the US Capitol in May 2023

Juan Carlos Soriano/UCS

May 10, 2023

Coalition Members Deliver Their Food and Farm Bill Message to Congress

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

close-up photo of one hand reaching out with a bowl of soup and another hand taking the bowl; in the background are other hands dishing out soup and other hands ready to accept the soup

addkm/Shutterstock

May 9, 2023

Food Insecurity Is a Bigger Problem Than Our Government Thinks

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

photo of a mobile farmers market set up at a commuter rail station; a man is reaching into his back pocket to pay for groceries that a masked employee is bagging while another masked employee rings up his purchase

Jenna Shea Photojournalism

April 18, 2023

People Won’t Be Able to Eat Healthier Unless We Make It Possible

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

aerial photo of a flooded farm; water is up to the sides of a farmhouse and silo, and a road next to the house is submerged

Iowa DOT

April 5, 2023

Will Climate Change Force More Farmworkers to Go Hungry?

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

photo of a family picking strawberries in a field, with a house in the background

SrA Dennis Sloan, USAF/Department of Defense

April 4, 2023

What Should the 2023 Food and Farm Bill Include—and How Do We Make It Happen?

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

photo of cashiers and customers in several checkout lines at a Walmart store

QualityHD/Shutterstock

March 13, 2023

How Big Food Corporations Take Advantage of SNAP

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

photo of a sign next to a rural road. It reads "The Next Farm Bill" at the top, and "Town Hall" below, with an arrow pointing away from the road.

Lance Cheung/USDA

February 9, 2023

Six Reasons Why You Should Care about the (So-Called) Farm Bill

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

California Air National Guard members deliver food on April 2, 2020, as part of the Cal Guard's COVID-19 humanitarian mission

The National Guard/Flickr

January 31, 2023

A Hunger Cliff Is Looming: Time to Rethink Nutrition Assistance

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

photo of soldiers in camouflage uniforms and masks at a long table filling many crates with food supplies

Georgia National Guard/Maj. Charles W. Westrip

December 21, 2022

Hunger Is a Long-Term Emergency—Federal Benefits Should Reflect That

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

photo of a woman speaking to a crowd on a city street through a microphone, in front of a sign that says "sub-poverty wages: I'm not lovin' it"

Carlos Fernandez, CIW/Flickr

November 21, 2022

How Many Farmworkers Are Food Insecure? It’s Hard to Tell

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

Produce at a grocery store in Fairfax, Virginia.

USDA/Flickr

November 8, 2022

Inflation Is a Triple Threat to Food and Nutrition Security. Here’s Why.

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

Pexels

August 20, 2021

New USDA Nutrition Research Leads to Historic Increase in SNAP Benefits

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

USDA/Lance Cheung

February 18, 2020

From School Lunch to SNAP, New Attacks on Kids’ Health and Nutrition

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: UCS

August 3, 2019

Trump Administration’s Attacks on SNAP Hurt Farmers and Rural Areas

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

LANCE CHEUNG

March 29, 2019

Nine Reasons to Oppose the Trump Administration’s Proposed SNAP Changes

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Phil Roeder/Flickr

January 8, 2019

Four Things the New Congress Can Do to Hold Trump’s USDA Accountable

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue attends a Farmer's Roundtable where President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America April 25, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C.. USDA photo by Preston Keres

December 20, 2018

Trump Administration Seeks to Undermine SNAP After Congress Negotiates Bipartisan Farm Bill

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Preston Keres/USDA

November 14, 2018

7 Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump’s New USDA Chief Scientist Nominee

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Andy Ciordia/Flickr

September 4, 2018

What Happens in the Next 26 Days Could Change Our Food and Farm Future

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: public domain

September 29, 2017

Happy 40th, SNAP! Celebrating Four Decades of Effective Nutrition Assistance

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor