WASHINGTON, April 30, 2026 — FRAC strongly opposes the latest plan from the Trump administration to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) by introducing the Food and Nutrition Administration, which would pull program leadership and staff out of Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2026 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is deeply troubled that the House of Representatives passed a Farm Bill (224–200) that fails to reverse the $187 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cuts enacted under the budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1. This vote is especially concerning given that some Democrats who opposed reconciliation due to these cuts ultimately supported this Farm Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2026 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is proud to announce that it has awarded its Dr. Raymond Wheeler/Senator Paul Wellstone Anti-Hunger Advocacy Leadership Award to Randy Rosso, a data-driven policy advisor to the anti-hunger community, and its inaugural Amidei/Doherty Advocacy Award to Claire Lane, director of the Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition.
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2026 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today announced that Daaiyah Bilal-Threats, senior director of Education Policy & Implementation Center (EPIC) at the National Education Association (NEA), America’s largest labor union, and Dave Carter, director of Regional Technical Assistance Coordination for the indigenous-led Flower Hill Institute, have joined its board of directors, effective April 2026.
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2026 — The House Appropriations Committee Fiscal Year 2027 Agriculture appropriations bill would weaken critical federal nutrition programs proven to support the food security and health of tens of millions of families with low incomes.