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News Highlights
- July 2020SNAP
SNAP increases for older adults should be a bipartisan no-brainer — The Hill, July 4, 2020
Fighting Food Insecurity Amid COVID-19, Groups Advocate For 15% Food Stamp Boost — Forbes, July 8, 2020
Food Insecurity
Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food — POLITICO, July 6, 2020
Millions of Americans going hungry as pandemic erodes incomes and destroys communities — NBC News, July 7, 2020
Meal Programs Scramble to Feed More Hungry Children — The New York Times, July 8, 2020
- June 2020SNAP
A grassroots push for higher SNAP benefits — FERN’s AG Insider, June 23, 2020
Children Nutrition Programs
Kids could go hungry this summer with school lunch programs in peril — The Washington Post, June 4, 2020
School nutrition group to USDA: Provide free meals for all students in 2020-21 — Education Dive, June 4, 2020
COVID-19 Has Heightened the Threat of Child Hunger, While Efforts to Prevent It Have Fallen Short — U.S. News & World Report, June 16, 2020
Food Insecurity
Few farm groups speak out on George Floyd’s death or protests that followed — FERN’s AG Insider, June 3, 2020
Black Communities Face Wider Food Shortfalls as Covid Saps Jobs — Bloomberg Government, June 16, 2020
- May 2020SNAP
For Most Food Stamp Users, Online Shopping Isn’t an Option — The New York Times, May 1, 2020
Coronavirus is exacerbating America’s hunger crisis — Vox, May 11, 2020
‘Food stamps should be nonpartisan’: Sen. Gillibrand wants to increase federal food assistance — New York Daily News, May 19, 2020
Child Nutrition Programs
States Are Embracing Extra Funds from Pandemic EBT to Cover Missing School Meals — Civil Eats, May 4, 2020
California wanted to extend free school meals to hungry parents and guardians. The federal government said no. — The New York Times, May 8, 2020
California wants to feed students’ families. The USDA says no. Some states are doing it anyway. — The Washington Post, May 11, 2020
Schools are feeding millions of children. Now they face huge losses. — FERN’s AG Insider, May 18, 2020
Hunger Program’s Slow Start Leaves Millions of Children Waiting — The New York Times, May 26, 2020
‘Not moving fast enough’: Millions of children still without food aid — CNN, May 31, 2020
Food Insecurity
April saw the sharpest increase in grocery store prices in nearly 50 years — The Washington Post, May 12, 2020
- April 2020SNAP
Governors plead for food stamp flexibility amid pandemic — The Associated Press, April 6, 2020
Most SNAP recipients can’t buy groceries online. Now, some states push for change. — FERN’s AG Insider, April 6, 2020
Baltimore leaders ask state for more help ensuring food is accessible during coronavirus shutdowns — The Baltimore Sun, April 7, 2020
Online grocery shopping becoming available to a quarter of SNAP recipients — FERN’s AG Insider, April 8, 2020
Child Nutrition Programs
For schools, a new challenge: How to feed students during spring break? — The Washington Post, April 6, 2020
Millions of low-income children are still waiting for federal food aid — CNN, April 9, 2020
Schools Transform Into ‘Relief’ Kitchens, but Federal Aid Fails to Keep Up — The New York Times, April 19, 2020
Food Insecurity
Daybreak April 2: Farmers, allies appeal to USDA for COVID-19 relief — AgriPulse, April 2, 2020
‘We may have to ration’: US food banks face shortages as demand surges — The Guardian, April 17, 2020
Feeding the hungry and saving farms — The Boston Globe, April 17, 2020
- March 2020SNAP
Amid a Pandemic, Trump Moves Forward With Safety Net Cuts — The New York Times, March 13, 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic Saves Poor Americans From Food Stamp Cuts — Bloomberg, March 15, 2020
Covid-19 relief bill suspends SNAP work and training requirements — FERN’s AG Insider, March 15, 2020
USDA to appeal ruling, seeks food stamp change amid pandemic — The Associated Press, March 18, 2020
USDA will appeal order blocking it from purging food stamp recipients — The Hill, March 18, 2020
Trump Administration Moving Forward With April 1 Plan to Kick 700,000 Off Food Stamps Despite Coronavirus Crisis — Vanity Fair, March 19, 2020
Pelosi backs higher SNAP benefits for next coronavirus bill — FERN’s AG Insider, March 26, 2020
Relief Package A Good Start, Say Advocates For The Poor. But More Help Is Needed. — National Public Radio, March 27, 2020
Child Nutrition Programs
‘Do we really want to close schools?’ U.S. authorities resist coronavirus closures — Reuters, March 6, 2020
As Coronavirus Closes Schools, USDA Offers Limited Help to Kids Who Rely on School Meals — Civil Eats, March 6, 2020
Coronavirus Is Closing Schools. What Does That Mean for Kids Who Rely on School Meals? — Eater, March 9, 2020
USDA will help ‘keep the kids fed’ during Covid-19, says Perdue — FERN’s AG Insider, March 9, 2020
Coronavirus is closing more schools. What happens to students who depend on school lunches? — NBC, March 10, 2020
Schools hamstrung over feeding students as coronavirus leads to closures — POLITICO, March 10, 2020
Save Our City: Why does NYC lag in getting schoolchildren free breakfast? — New York Post, March 11, 2020
Coronavirus Demonstrates Why America Needs a Basic Income — Medium, March 17, 2020
Food Insecurity
Nutrition assistance expands as pandemic impact deepens — FERN’s AG Insider, March 1, 2020
- February 2020SNAP
White House renews call for broader work rules for SNAP — FERN’s AG Insider, February 10, 2020
Child Nutrition Programs
This Spud’s For You — HuffPost, February 2, 2020
Number of low-income children eating school breakfast hits plateau — FERN’s AG Insider, February 12, 2020
Newark Schools Feed 90 Percent Of Students Breakfast: Study — Patch, February 13, 2020
Food Research & Action Center School Breakfast Scorecard shows school breakfast participation up slightly overall, but flat among low-income students — Food Management, February 18, 2020
How Bad Are Things? Debt Relief Has Become A Cause — Forbes, February 25, 2020
Food Insecurity
Putting hunger back on our policy menu — The Hill, February 8, 2020
- January 2020SNAP
Lawsuit filed over Trump administration’s SNAP rule limiting access to food stamps — ABC, January 16, 2020
Democrat-Led States Sue To Block Trump Food Benefit Cut — HuffPost, January 16, 2020
3 States Moving to Make More SNAP Recipients Eligible for Hot Meals — Civil Eats, January 21, 2020
Child Nutrition Programs
Rollback proposed for Michelle Obama school lunch guidelines — The Associated Press, January 17, 2020
How Trump’s USDA wants to change rules around school nutrition — PBS, January 17, 2020
Trump plan lowers quality of school meals, say former ag secretaries — FERN’s AG Insider, January 26, 2020
- December 2019SNAP
Nearly 700,000 Americans could lose food stamps under Trump administration plan — CBS News, December 4, 2019
668,000 will lose food stamp benefits under new work rules — The Associated Press, December 4, 2019
USDA tightens SNAP work rules to cut nearly 700,000 off rolls — AgriPulse, December 4, 2019
How Trump’s New Food Stamp Rule Could Impact Nearly 700,000 Vulnerable Americans — TIME, December 6, 2019
Take Action Now: Stand Up for Our Climate — The Nation, December 12, 2019
Trump’s food stamp cuts begin soon – and black Americans to be hardest hit — The Guardian, December 19, 2019
Child Nutrition Programs
Kindergarten student earns enough money from cocoa stand to pay off 123 students’ lunch debt at her school — New York Daily News, December 17, 2019
- November 2019Child Nutrition Programs
Students Who Eat Breakfast Perform Better on Standardized Tests, Study Finds — Newsweek, November 20, 2019
Sizing up Warren’s plan for black farmers — POLITICO, November 27, 2019
- October 2019Child Nutrition Programs
School lunch debt and lunch shaming is a problem that needs a national solution — NBC News, October 16, 2019
What’s for lunch? At some schools, everyone eats the same thing. — The Washington Post, October 21, 2019
Free school meals for nearly a million poor children are in jeopardy under proposed Trump rule change — The Washington Post, October 23, 2019
‘Sitting in class hungry’: Schools wary of Trump plan to end free school lunches for some — USA Today, October 27, 2019
What’s for lunch? — The Washington Post, October 28, 2019
Food Insecurity
Food scholarships. Homeless shelters. Emergency loans. — Food Environment & Reporting Network, October 28, 2019
- September 2019SNAP
Agriculture Department Flooded With Appeals to Stop Food Stamp Purge — The New York Times, September 23, 2019
Child Nutrition Programs
The number of low-income children served after-school food in New Jersey is rising — The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2019
Food Insecurity
Cities, Migrant Allies Decry Newest ‘Public Charge’ Crackdown — Bloomberg Government, September 4, 2019
Food insecurity declines to prerecession levels — AgriPulse, September 4, 2019
- August 2019SNAP
New Trump Food Stamp Rules Could Kick Entire Schools off Free Meals — VICE News, August 8, 2019
Trump immigration plan could raise hunger in America — The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 2019
Proposed SNAP rule would affect schools that provide free meals to all — Education Dive, August 29, 2019
