Articles Tagged with ''Feeding America''

USDA suspends food bank funding source, cites 'unsustainable' expectations

Senate Dems say cutoff would hurt 'millions'

03/25/25 10:59 AM By Rebekah Alvey

USDA has suspended millions of dollars in Commodity Credit Corporation funds originally destined for food banks across the country through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Senate Democrats are challenging the USDA decision, claiming it would have a "significant and damaging impact" on millions of people.

Food insecurity at home: Hormel's goal is ending local hunger

07/31/24 6:05 AM By Fran Howard

Hormel Foods, a 132-year-old Fortune 500 company, realized that the share of hungry people in its home county hadn’t budged in a decade despite community food programs. So it decided to do something.

Draft farm bill risks SNAP participants' choice, anti-hunger groups argue

05/22/24 6:18 AM By Rebekah Alvey

While there are provisions to expand SNAP eligibility in the House Agriculture Committee's draft farm bill, anti-hunger say the legislation could lead to limits on food choices and put a focus on improving nutrition over addressing hunger.

Opinion: Professional athletes tell Congress: Pass a farm bill that helps end hunger in America

05/20/24 12:55 PM By Kelvin Beachum Curtis Granderson,

In this joint opinion piece, philanthropists and professional athletes Curtis Granderson and Kelvin Beachum highlight their respective charitable endeavors while advocating for Congress to enact a farm bill that strengthens SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

Summer child nutrition effort launching this summer without 15 states

02/07/24 6:13 AM By Fran Howard

USDA is launching the largest new nutrition assistance program in decades this year, an effort to ensure low-income children have enough to eat when they’re not in school during the summer, but 15 states have opted out of the program.

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Higher food costs, less federal help means food banks struggle

12/13/23 6:12 AM By Jacqui Fatka

Early last year, Mid-Ohio Food Collective leaders looked at their warehouse and saw shelves filled to only 32% capacity, down from the 105% peak after COVID struck in 2020.

Daybreak Nov. 6: Farm bill extension in play as Congress tries to agree on stopgap

11/06/23 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

Congress is on the clock once again. This time, a deadline for funding the federal government could have implications for farm programs.

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Congress fails to act on ambitious goals of hunger conference

10/11/23 6:15 AM By Jacqui Fatka

One year after the first White House hunger conference in 50 years, there are wins as well as areas of needed focus to meet the goals laid out by government and private entities.

End of pandemic SNAP benefits could create assistance gaps

03/01/23 6:20 AM By Jacqui Fatka

Anti-hunger advocates say rising food costs combined with the expiration of an emergency increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits could erase some gains in food security realized during the pandemic.

New study estimates economic value of food pantries

11/16/22 6:10 AM By Sara Wyant

Over 50 million Americans rely on free distributions from food banks to help feed their families. But determining the economic value of those contributions has been challenging – until now, thanks to new research by USDA and Cornell University.

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03.21.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 21, 2025: Rep. Kat Cammack on reconciliation, farm bill, producer payments

After three hurricanes hit her Florida district in 13 months, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., overviews recovery efforts and the possibility to embed USDA staff in FEMA to assist with future disasters. She also discusses the potential for including farm bill elements in budget reconciliation, saying it is “absolutely feasible.”

Then, T.A. Hawks with Monument Advocacy and Mike Stranz from the National Farmers Union discuss USDA’s release of $10B in market relief payments and the potential impact of the administration’s trade policies on agriculture.

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