Candy Available for sale at Sweet Mercantile in Cedar Rapids' Czech Village neighborhood on Friday, May 20, 2022. The store ...

“The state of Iowa doesn’t trust low-income families to make food choices,” said Luke Elzinga, who chairs the board of the ...

The current administration, under the leadership of President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, is pushing for ...

Nebraska became the first state in the country to obtain a waiver from the USDA to ban residents from purchasing sugary ...

Governors in Indiana, Arkansas and West Virginia are leading the charge, asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ...

Republican lawmakers have introduced similar legislation in other states. Critics of legislation barring certain purchases through SNAP argue that restrictions could be difficult to monitor ...

Greg Abbott plan, low-income Texans could use federal SNAP benefits to pay for healthy food ... other states. Critics of legislation barring certain purchases through SNAP argue that restrictions ...

By Tony Romm House Republicans on Monday proposed a series of sharp restrictions on the federal anti-hunger program known as food stamps ... elements of SNAP, arguing that states have mishandled ...

To wit: Rachidi: “Zycher claims that nutrition-based restrictions would ... Economic Review, which states “The marginal propensity to consume SNAP-eligible food (MPCF) out of SNAP benefits ...

Carpenter is the author of “Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick.” Critics of the soda industry have long highlighted an unsavory pattern: Americans have ...

Some state and federal policymakers want restrictions on food stamp ... would reduce the number of people eligible for SNAP, the outlet reports. Food stamp recipients gained more purchasing ...