Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has discovered a major food stamp fraud and bribery scheme, misappropriating millions of taxpayer dollars. This has led to the arrest of a USDA employee and five others. What Happened: The USDA, along with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office, has...

Jeff Bezos is looking to put his $84.9 billion to good use. Request for ideas… pic.twitter.com/j6D68mhseL — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 15, 2017 The polymath owner of the Washington Post and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Blue Origin tweeted Thursday a request for...

The poor, the elderly, the disabled, college students and environmental protections all stand to take a big hit if Congress approves President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget for fiscal year 2018. Defense contractors, corporations in general and the wealthiest Americans all stand to gain...

The lawmakers are embarked on the mission of doing a makeover of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which was formerly called as the Food Stamp Program. With health data revealing that mortality rates are higher among those participating in SNAP, the end use of SNAP benefits...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking for a retail grocer volunteer to perform a two-year grocery delivery pilot test as part of its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The pilot program is mandated by the 2014 Farm Bill and is intended to test the viability of allowing...

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, author of the new farm bill and Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, tweeted this Tuesday: This is not your father's #FarmBill http://t.co/sjZMmEY8GI — Sen. Debbie Stabenow (@StabenowPress) February 4, 2014...

With the expiration Friday of $16 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits first enacted in 2009, approximately 48 million Americans will see cuts in their food stamp benefits. The cuts, which average $36 a month for a family of four, will not just affect those...