Current federal threats to SNAP, WIC would exacerbate hunger in Michigan

GOP's 'unconscionable' omission in new farm bill has hunger experts furious

Senate Republicans unveiled annual farm legislation this week that would do nothing to address the worsening nationwide hunger crisis spurred by President Donald Trump and the GOP’s unprecedented assault on federal food aid.The draft bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), the chairman ...

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'Unconscionable': Outrage as GOP Farm Bill Omits Plan to Delay Looming Food Aid Disaster

"The harm unfolding across the country is already far greater than many anticipated," warned one expert.

Current federal threats to SNAP, WIC would exacerbate hunger in Michigan

Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty ImagesAt a time when hunger is on the rise in Michigan and food prices are skyrocketing, current federal threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) could further exacerbate food insecurity. The Farm Bill proposal the U.S. House of Representatives passed on April 30 and the proposal that was just relea…

Cuts hit federal food assistance recipients and farmers alike

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” severely impacted two of Illinois’ most economically vulnerable groups: the hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans set to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food assistance this year and the small farmers who are losing them as customers. The bill, H.R. 1, made changes in who can receive... The post Cuts hit federal food assistance recipients and farmers alike appeared first o…

Federal cuts are hitting Illinois food assistance recipients — and the farmers who feed them

Read the full story from the Illinois Times. Changes to SNAP eligibility are cutting benefits for hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents and hurting small farmers who support them.