https://www.donorschoose.org/project/healthy-foodhealthy-minds/7514795/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=donor_2926762&rf=directlink-dc-2023-08-project-donor_2926762

Today all donations are being matched. This teacher just wants snacks for her hungry students. #hungerinamerica # donorschoose

At a farm bill listening session in Rep. Marc Molinaro’s (R-N.Y.) upstate district last Friday, local farmers, food bank operators and anti-hunger advocates urged lawmakers to defend and even expand current #SNAP programs.

One state administrator called for “easing burdensome and complicated work and reporting requirements” & a food bank operator urged members of Congress “not make decisions on the back of the most vulnerable people.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/16/gop-mccarthy-snap-food-stamps-00092243

#HungerinAmerica

From SPUR
CalFresh participants can now get up to $60/month rebated to their EBT account when buying fruits and veggies. Watch Eli Zigas, SPUR's Food and Agriculture Policy Director, commemorate the launch of this California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project!
#HungerInAmerica #FoodInsecurity
https://vimeo.com/814324751

"A gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, a pound of chicken: That may be all the #groceries some #Californians can buy each month with their #CalFresh benefits now that emergency federal pandemic funds that boosted food benefits have ended."

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Paywall article, excerpt from the summary they provide in their newsletter

#FoodStamps
#HungerInAmerica
#SNAP

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/03/04/its-going-to-be-devastating-end-of-emergency-food-benefits-expected-to-impact-millions-of-californians