…The bill provides for $73.6 billion in required mandatory spending for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is outside the discretionary funding jurisdiction of the Appropriations Committee for SNAP. That…
USDA Announces $20 Million for Jobs for Young People, Veterans
…on agency lands. Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program: Four current-era veterans from Joint Base Lewis-McChord will work as wilderness rangers on the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in…
Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee Highlights Importance of Watershed Maintenance in Rural America
…of witnesses who underscored the importance of technical and financial assistance to maintain these watershed structures. “For nearly 70 years, rural communities have benefited from federal investments in watershed projects…
USDA Announces Farm to School Grant Awards
…and Nutrition Service administers 15 nutrition assistance programs that include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and…
Secretary Perdue to Testify Before Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee
…promise from the Secretary that the administration would focus on expanding foreign market access to help farmers. The plan also proposes to cut $193 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
USDA Helps Expand Rural Broadband Infrastructure in Four States
…rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; homeownership; community services such as schools, public safety, and health care; and high-speed internet access in rural areas. For more information,…
Nutrition Subcommittee Evaluates Technology and Modernization of SNAP
The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition held a hearing to evaluate technology and modernization in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson and members of…
House Ag Committee Underscores Importance of U.S. International Food Aid and Agricultural Development
…from stakeholders on the critical assistance that these programs provide in terms of both global food security and U.S. national security. Following the hearing, Chairman Conaway made the below remarks:…
Farm Bureau Asks Senate Committee to Advance EPA Nominee Susan Bodine
…and Compliance Assistance of the Environmental Protection Agency. Duvall’s letter to Chairman John Barrasso and Ranking Member Tom Carper of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works praised…
Statement of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on President Trump’s Paris Accord Announcement
…have persevered in the past, and they will adapt in the future – with the assistance of the scientists and experts at USDA. To be effective, our research and programs…
Top Senate Ag Democrat Releases Trump Budget Fact Sheet
…Assistance Program, or SNAP, hurts farmers and families. She says other cuts to conservation programs also harm land and water resources. The budget proposal would cut $29 billion from crop…
Trump Budget Proposal Puts Perdue in Awkward Position
…to cut $193 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next decade. However, that idea runs completely opposite of comments that Perdue made about SNAP before the House…
Ag Groups Respond to White House Budget Cuts
…wheat farmers receive. Without funding from MAP and FMD, we would not be able to continue the training, technical assistance, and service that is needed to promote this incredibly complex…
May is CalFresh Awareness Month
…that receive assistance to purchase the food they need and improve the health and wellbeing of children. For information on agencies in your community that provide CalFresh Outreach application assistance…