Month: July 2020

House panel votes to block two Trump rules restricting SNAP access The Trump administration would be barred from implementing two rules that would end SNAP benefits for an estimated 700,000 people during the coronavirus pandemic under a USDA-FDA funding bill approved by a Democratic-controlled House subcommittee on Monday. (No paywall)… Continue reading

Pandemic rages, but USDA’s food box program may end in eight weeks As it announced contracts for up to $1.47 billion to carry the Farmers to Families Food Box initiative through July and August, the USDA also said the program could end on Sept. 1, or soon afterward, as funding… Continue reading

We will resume our regular posts the week after July 4th. Happy Independence Day! Continue reading