Trump, Fast Food, SNAP – October 29, 2018

Fast Food in CDC report

Trump: ‘We don’t have enough votes’ for stricter SNAP rules Banking on Republican gains in the midterm elections, President Trump said Congress could wait until next year to pass the farm bill because “we don’t have enough votes” now for stricter work requirements for millions of SNAP recipients. In CDC… Continue reading

Hurricane Florence Impacts Chicken Production – September 19, 2018

Hurricane Florence Impacts Chicken Production

Florence aftermath: Lower chicken production for a top processor The third-largest U.S. poultry processor lost at least 8 percent of its chickens in North Carolina due to flooding from Hurricane Florence, and expects lower meat production through December as a result. Sanderson Farms was the first meat processor to announce… Continue reading