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Rural Americans Struggle With Access to Fresh Food
By Ryan Schuessler Roger Chilen remembers what Brewster was like before the town largely became a collection of vacant storefronts and crumbling houses. There were businesses and families and crowded town barbecues in front of the bar. For residents, it was … Continue reading
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Tagged elderly, environment, food, food deserts, food insecurity, Grocery store, low income, Midwest, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, rural communities
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Kids Respond to Child Hunger
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Tagged children, food, food insecurity, kids, poverty, United States
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The Liberty to Feed the Poor
Conor Friedersdorf On the night she was ticketed, Chef Joan Cheever’s menu included fresh vegetable soup, lamb meatballs over wheat pasta, braised Southern greens, and a salad with roasted beets. She plans to appear in a San Antonio court to … Continue reading
The New Face Of Food Stamps: Working-Age Americans
By Hope Yen In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps — a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Some of … Continue reading
Doctors Slam Proposed Food Stamp Cuts: ‘The Dumbest Thing You Can Do Is Cut Nutrition’
By Sy Mukherjee Doctors have a message for congressional lawmakers inching toward a compromise farm bill that would cut food stamps by nine billion dollars: It’s a terrible idea. “If you’re interested in saving health care costs, the dumbest thing … Continue reading
Amid Fields Of Plenty, A Farmworker’s Wife Struggles To Feed Her Family
By Sasha Khokha California’s San Joaquin Valley is one of the most productive farm regions in the world. But many farmworkers struggle to feed their families fresh and healthy food because they can’t afford to buy the produce that grows … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Farmworker, food, food banks, food insecurity, food pantry
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Senator: Food Stamps Are Just Like Slavery
By Zack Beauchamp Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) equated government programs that prevent people from dying of starvation with slavery in a new profile of his medical practice published today, revealing himself to hold a view of the role of government … Continue reading
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Tagged food, Human rights, hunger, Kentucky, poverty, Rand Paul, slavery, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Employment Discrimination Pushes Felons Onto Food Stamp Rolls, Increasing Program’s Costs
By Saki Knafo By refusing to hire people who have been convicted of crimes, employers may be adding billions of dollars to the total cost of the country’s ballooning food assistance program. Citing data from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Dean Baker, employment, Employment discrimination, felony, food, job discrimination, jobs, republican, Snap, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, United States, United States Department of Agriculture
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Captain Crunch Press Conference
Mr. Crunch replies to the reports that he is not a Captain. I really don’t care if he’s a Captain, Commander, or whatever! His cereal is DA BOMB!!! Have a laugh!
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Tagged advertising, Cap'n Crunch, cereal, film, food, funny, military rank, video
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Unlike Gwyneth Paltrow, millennials understand the reality of food stamps
By Jana Kasperkevic If she was true to her word, Gwyneth Paltrow should be finishing up her food stamp challenge having spent a week trying to survive on $29 worth of food. Alana Folsom, a twentysomething graduate student, knows something … Continue reading →