WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 — Today, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a long-awaited Farm Bill proposal aimed at strengthening benefit adequacy and equitable access for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2024 — FRAC commends the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for utilizing the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to develop final and improved nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. These evidence-based standards will make for a healthier school day for millions of children.
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2024 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today announced that its president, Luis Guardia, has stepped down effective April 5, 2024. Coming on board in 2020, Guardia led FRAC through what is now understood to have been our nation’s greatest hunger crisis, caused as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2024 — FRAC applauds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its final rule revising the food package for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2024 — School meals are an important tool for combatting childhood food insecurity, yet a report released today by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) reveals that far too many children missed out on the nutrition they need for their health and learning with the expiration of the pandemic-era nationwide waivers that allowed schools to offer school meals to all students at no charge.
