Federal judge blocks SNAP restrictions on sugary foods in Iowa and other states
A federal judge has blocked restrictions on what SNAP recipients can buy in Iowa and four other states.
#TopNews #News #Iowa #USDA #theNationalCenterforLawandEconomicJustice
Trump administration can't block SNAP recipients in 5 states from buying soda and candy, judge rules
The ruling deals a setback to the "Make America Healthy Again" campaign, which seeks to curb purchases of foods officials say are unhealthy.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/snap-benefits-soda-candy-ban-judge-ruling/
Millions lose #FoodStamps under #Trump cuts. #Arizona is hardest hit.
More than 4.7 million people nationwide have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [ #SNAP ] benefits, also known as food stamps, since Trump’s signature #tax & #spending #law took effect last July, according to data through March from the #US Department of Agriculture [ #USDA ] — about 11% of participants.
#FoodInsecurity #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/millions-lose-food-stamps-under-trump-cuts-arizona-is-hardest-hit-2026-06-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Federal judge voids SNAP restrictions on sugary foods in Tennessee, other states
A judge voided programs that let states restrict the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ❲SNAP❳ benefits to purchase sugary processed foods.
#agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins #lawsuits #legal #national-center-for-law-and-economic-justice #snap #snap-waivers #supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program #usda #working-&-the-economy
https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/23/federal-judge-voids-snap-restrictions-on-sugary-foods-in-tennessee-other-states/
Throughout the years, the three sections of the farm bill have helped build a big enough coalition of legislators to get the sweeping, expensive legislation passed. But this big-tent approach hasn’t been enough to supersede the increased partisanship in Washington. #farmbill #usda #snap
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New website has everything you need to know about flesh-eating parasite in the US
A new tracker website has been launched to act as a "one-stop shop" for everything you need to know about a potentially deadly, flesh-eating parasite that has breached the U.S. border.
https://www.foxweather.com/lifestyle/new-tracker-website-flesh-eating-parasite-texas-us
Video of a 1949 kitchen design has people drooling over its brilliant features
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/1949-kitchen-design-ex1/
TIL that it was the researchers at the agricultural marketing service of the USDA (the ones who research improved ways to get food to market) who invented food stamps 🤯 .
here's the january 1957 issue of "agricultural marketing" introducing the concept of "use of trading stamps in marketing food": https://archive.org/details/SER71900025006/page/6/mode/2up
#food #FoodStamps #USDA #agriculture #research #USPol #history
Issued 1956-March 1965 by the Agricultural Marketing Service; April 1965-1971 by the Consumer and Marketing Service; 1972- by the Agricultural Marketing Service
El insólito monto que cuesta criar un hijo en EEUU hasta los 17 años
i'm working on the "agricultural engineering" portion of my industrial ag mega-zine, so i'm deep in the guts of "agricultural marketing", a USDA publication about getting food to market (not the same as today's definition of marketing).
it turns out that USDA had a whole research division just for marketing, where they investigated all kinds of stuff and did R&D that would make the movement of food from farms to markets more efficient. it included research on processing, refrigeration, grading, inspection, sorting, packaging, shipping, and lots more.
i'm overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of things that they were improving. let me tell ya, they didn't have anything like that back in USSR (where my family is from, and where i'm constantly comparing things to as i research).
they also cover things like food stamps, school lunches, and overseas food aid. and it is very weird to see statements like "president nixon is determined to get more food to the neediest americans." i guess nixon was woke according to the standards of today's right wingers. 🙄
anyway, you can check out full issues on internet archive: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22United+States.+Consumer+and+Marketing+Service.+Agricultural+marketing%22&sort=date
#engineering #agriculture #history #USPol #USHistory #USDA #research #food
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