A sweeping review of decades of research is challenging a long-standing claim in food policy debates: that federal nutrition assistance programs contribute to childhood obesity. Researchers at the ...
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee advanced a sweeping farm bill early this month, attempting to revive Congress stalled ...
The roughly 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps did not receive their November 1 SNAP benefits as the government shutdown dragged on. The missed payments came just as the holiday season began ...
For 43 days in 2025, 42 million lower-income families, including children and elderly, wondered where their next meals would come from. The nation’s largest anti-hunger program, Supplemental Nutrition ...
Terrie Erwin puts donations on a cart as forklift driver Michael Green brings in a fruit donation at the Elk Grove Food Bank earlier this month. The food bank has experienced a significant increase in ...
This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Distributing food stamps soon could get even harder for Missouri’s food aid system, which a federal judge has already called “broken and ...
Washington is awash in rumors this week that the White House is planning major changes in the way the U.S. donates food to fight hunger in some of the world's poorest countries. It has set off an ...
The Iowa Food Bank Association is advocating for increased state aid for nutrition assistance programs as food insecurity ...
The roughly 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps did not receive their November 1 SNAP benefits as the government shutdown dragged on. The missed payments came just as the holiday season began ...