Some in Congress think getting it ‘right’ means restricting certain consumers’ food items as “wrong” to buy.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The farm bill is not just for farmers
This essentially forced Black farmers out of agriculture for over several decades. In 1920, Black farmers represented one out of seven U.S. farmers; by 1992, the number of Black farmers in America had declined to just one out of 100.
Food support should be expanded, not reduced
Here in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, for example, the data suggested only around 60 percent of all eligible households were receiving SNAP benefits.
