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High Court says USDA can keep secrets about $70 billion in SNAP spending

By Dan Flynn on June 26, 2019

The Argus Leader did not ask for much. It just wanted to know where the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP food stamp spending ended up. That was more than a decade ago when SNAP…
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Trump wants a single federal food safety agency put under USDA

By Dan Flynn on June 22, 2018

President Donald J. Trump wants to consolidate federal food safety under a single agency housed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

President Barack Obama also wanted to consolidate food safety, only he preferred housing it…
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State ag leaders put food safety on priority list for 2018 farm bill

By News Desk on February 2, 2017

Before it wrapped up its meetings this week in Washington D.C., the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) agreed to priorities for the 2018 farm bill.

If that seems a little pre-mature, it’s…
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Storms and stability ahead for food safety efforts in 2017

By Dan Flynn on January 2, 2017

Food safety in 2017 will be dependent on our “complicated bureaucracies” that exist to get through transitions and times of change. Both USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug…
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AMA, Mayors Say Food Stamps Should Not Buy Soft Drinks

By James Andrews on June 25, 2013

This article has been updated to reflect additional information and include a post-publication interview with Edward Cooney, Executive Director of the Congressional Hunger Center. The American Medical Association, along with a coalition of 18 mayors,…
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My Food Stamp Challenge

By Suzanne Schreck on April 8, 2013

As 2012 came to a close, I decided to set what I believed to be an achievable goal for my New Year’s Resolution:  to complete one personal “challenge” each month in 2013.  For February (yes—the…
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New Farm Bill Might Help President And Congress Scale The ‘Fiscal Cliff’

By Dan Flynn on November 12, 2012

The oppotunity to cut from the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program could put the Farm Bill on the agenda of the lame duck Congress, some agricultural interests say. The 2008 Farm Bill expired Oct. 1,…
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EWG Says Eating Well on a Budget Is Possible, and Here’s How

By Gretchen Goetz on August 21, 2012

Healthy food doesn’t have to be expensive. That’s the message of a new guide to eating well on a budget released by the Environmental Working Group today. The guide – “Good Food on a …
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Three Steps to Protecting Food Stamps from a Cruel Congress

By Michele Simon on July 12, 2012

As expected, the House version of the 2012 Farm Bill contains deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called food stamps). With its $16 billion proposed cut in this critical safety net,…
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2012 Farm Bill Advances Under Pressure Over Healthy Food

By Cookson Beecher on June 18, 2012

If the USDA wants us to “eat healthy” by filling up half of our plates with fruits and vegetables, then why does the Senate’s proposed version of the 2012 Farm Bill continue to pour so…
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Letter From the Editor: SNAP

By Dan Flynn on June 17, 2012

The “Dakota Queen,” piloted by George McGovern, had been hit hard by enemy fire while over the Skoda works at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia – a facility that produced arms for the Nazis. One engine had fallen…
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