Articles Tagged with ''Food Research & Action Center''

States gird for changes in SNAP, urge delays as USDA seeks data

06/10/26 6:07 AM By Steve Davies

USDA and blue states aren’t giving an inch in their continuing battle over SNAP data, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins continues to blast the program as rife with fraud, waste and abuse. The fight over SNAP was highlighted at a recent House Agriculture Committee hearing where Ranking Member Angie Craig, D-Minn., harshly criticized Rollins over SNAP.

Longest shutdown ends: USDA fully funded, SNAP benefits unlocked

11/12/25 8:23 PM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

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The House gave final congressional approval Wednesday to a measure that will end the longest-ever government shutdown after 43 days and fully fund the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration for fiscal 2026.

Rollins under pressure from advocacy groups to pay November SNAP benefits

10/23/25 5:12 PM By Steve Davies

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States are beginning to tell residents who get SNAP benefits that they won’t be coming in November, as Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins insists USDA cannot provide benefits during the government shutdown.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak July 2: House urged to pass Trump’s megabill

07/02/25 4:55 PM By Rebekah Alvey, Noah Wicks, and Oliver Ward

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Farm groups are urging the House to approve the Senate-passed budget bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk. Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding the vote on the legislation Tuesday after a marathon vote-a-rama.

Daybreak West May 6: Freezing grants also freezes Colorado River progress

05/06/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

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Colorado River dollars take hit in funding freeze * SNAP backers try to stem cuts * Trump to meet with Canada’s PM

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: IDFA promotions; FRAC leadership changes; Luke joins Syngenta

07/10/24 6:01 AM By Lydia Johnson

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The International Dairy Foods Association has announced three staff promotions Andrew Jerome to vice president of communications, Jessica Matsko to manager of executive office and special projects and Victoria Pender to manager of events and programs. The Food Research Action Center named Crystal FitzSimons as interim president, succeeding former interim president Kelly Horton who began that position in April. Syngenta hired Susan Luke former director of global issues and crisis communication for Bayer’s crop science division as a senior communications manager for Syngenta U.S. Crop Protection and corporate communications.

Thrifty Food Plan fight 'flashpoint' in farm bill work, Stabenow says

12/07/23 4:07 PM By Jacqui Fatka

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Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., called on nutrition advocates Thursday to defend the authority granted in the 2018 farm bill to update the Thrifty Food Plan without being cost neutral.

Summer feeding program participation dropping post-COVID

07/26/23 6:15 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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Many students were able to continue receiving school meals in recent summers as a result of loosened government rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of free lunches served has dropped since peaking in 2020.

Daybreak May 31: Ag committees moving on from SNAP work debate

05/31/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, and Noah Wicks

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Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees are in agreement that the debt limit has taken the issue of SNAP work requirements off the table for the farm bill debate.

Push is on at state and federal level to make school lunches free to all

05/17/23 6:20 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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A two-year test run of free school lunches during the pandemic intensified calls for universal school lunches for all and created new momentum at the state and federal level.

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07.10.2026

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: IFPA's Cathy Burns on ag labor and packaging regulations; Ag groups on Brazil

Several states are moving forward with Extended Producer Responsibility laws that shift the cost of recycling packaging from local governments to producers of consumer products. International Fresh Produce Association CEO Cathy Burns explains the consequences of the policy. Plus, Troy Bredenkamp with the Renewable Fuels Association and Krista Swanson with the National Corn Growers Association outline how their sectors are being impacted by Brazil's ag production.

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