USDA Cuts More Than $1 Billion Earmarked For Local Food In Schools, Food Banks

Millions of children risk losing access to free school meals with these changes, school meal advocates say.

21 states sue USDA over funding conditions they say would threaten school meal programs

The lawsuit pushes back on new grant conditions that bar funds being used for programs that support “gender ideology” or ...
Fox Business

USDA calls SNAP benefits program 'out of control,' plans major overhaul

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it’s working to reform what it calls the "out of control" SNAP benefits program. The agency plans to redirect more of its nutrition budget toward healthier, ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

New SNAP requirements now in effect, USDA planning major overhaul of program

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...
NPR

The agriculture secretary says SNAP changes are coming. Here's what we know

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is promising big changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which currently helps almost 42 million Americans buy groceries. In recent media ...
USA Today

SNAP benefits won't go out Nov. 1. 'The well has run dry,' USDA says.

The 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will go without their benefits come Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown, according to a new message from ...