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Lindsay Trapnell/Oregon Food BankThe number of people struggling to afford food more than doubled in some rural areas. -
Lindsay Trapnell/Courtesy of the Oregon Food BankA legislative proposal that died in subcommittee would have helped 62,000 undocumented immigrants, including many farmworkers.
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Most college students don鈥檛 qualify for CalFresh, California鈥檚 food stamps program, despite high rates of food insecurity. A pandemic-era rule that made it easier to get aid ends soon. -
In 2021, two Oregon nonprofits involved in food aid launched a campaign to extend food assistance to people excluded from federal food benefits. -
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, most Oregonians who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-- or SNAP-- have also gotten monthly, emergency allotments. Now, that鈥檚 about to end. -
An infant formula shortage plaguing the nation has been difficult for all families that need it, but state and federal limitations have made it even worse for low-income families in California that rely on government assistance. -
These extra nutritional benefits are meant to offset some of the worst health impacts of the pandemic鈥攍ike hunger. -
The federal government plans to make changes. That phrase gets used a lot in our time, so we'll focus on a proposal to tighten eligibility requirements鈥� -
It doesn't take a big budget to cook creatively. Leanne Brown set out to prove that in her cookbook Good and Cheap. It is designed for the SNAP (food鈥� -
A frequent complaint about "food stamp" programs (Oregon Trail in Oregon, CalFresh in California) is that users can buy processed or otherwise鈥� -
The latest federal figures show more than 47 million Americans receiving "food stamps," the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But that鈥�
