By a vote of 213-210, the House passed an approps measure to fund the AG Dept among other agencies. The bill, which the Senate has yet to consider,🚨aims to cut about 1.5% from overall fed AG spending in fiscal 2027. 4 House Dems voted with #Republicans to pass the measure, while 5 Rs voted against it.

Under the leg, the #WIC🚨would lose $141M in funding for fruit & veg benefits for the nearly 5.4M #children & pregnant & postpartum #women enrolled.
#Hunger #Betrayal #USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/house-bill-rolls-back-food-aid-pregnant-women-children/

WaPo: House passes bill cutting food aid for pregnant women, children

Under the legislation, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children — more commonly known as WIC — would lose $141 million in funding for fruit and vegetable benefits for the nearly 5.4 million children and pregnant and postpartum women enrolled, according to an estimate from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Senate has yet to consider the legislation.

#WIC #uspol #hunger #economy

Ask your Members of US Congress to ensure access to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) by fully funding and modernizing #WIC through:  
Funding for fiscal year (FY) 2027 at a level that will ensure every eligible person who applies for the program can receive the full evidence-based benefits and services, including maintaining the full cash value benefit for the purchase of fruits and vegetables. 

https://secure.everyaction.com/hf1N6HV7f0-OPDXlMTt3Kg2

#HoustonTX - #UrbanHarvest Mobile Market

"Launched in the summer of 2020, the Urban Harvest Mobile Market Program is committed to providing individuals in food-insecure areas with expanded choice and purchasing power, promoting healthy dietary habits, and fostering a robust local food ecosystem in Houston.

Feeling the pinch? Urban Harvest has expanded Double Up to help!

Show your #SNAP, #WIC, #TANF, or other federal assistance card (no balance required) — or mention your health or community resource agency — and get $1 in free produce for every $1 you spend at any Mobile Market site.

Eligible payments for the Double Up match include SNAP, cash, or card.

All Urban Harvest Mobile Market and Farmers Market sites:

BakerRipley Gulfton
4th Tuesdays
6500 Rookin St.
10am – 1pm

Northeast Community FM at LBJ
1st and 3rd Saturdays
5656 Kelly, Entrance 4, Houston, TX 77026
9am to noon

Trinity United Methodist Church
4th Saturday
2600 Holman St., Houston, TX 77004
10:00am – 1:00pm "

Source:
https://www.urbanharvest.org/mobile-market/

#SolarPunkSunday #MobileFarmersMarket #FoodInsecurity #FoodSecurity #MobileMarkets #BuildingCommunity

Guns, or Milk for Babies?
Rs:🔫s win:

"House Approps GOP🚨released 2 more FY2027 funding bills.

AG-FDA.🚨~1.4% cut from FY26.

Cuts🚨$200M from #WIC
Cuts🚨$6.2B from #SNAP per GOP sum.'

+Approps Rs rel:FY2027 Nat Sec-St bill.

6% cut from FY2026

>$$ for emb sec +st dept sec asst prgms.

$532M🚨 cut to global health prgms

Pocan offering an amend to the FY2027 FSGG bill that'd withhold 70% of funding for OMB until Vought testifies at the full approps CMTE."
-S Handler
#USPol
https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-releases-fy27-agriculture-rural-development-fda-bill

Rs become more sadistic: starving undoc IMMs, incl infants, children, & mothers, is on the table in IA:💔 "IA lawmakers💔propose banning undocumented women, kids from #WIC."

An IA House bill🚨would prohibit undoc women, infants & kids from a federally funded food asst program for low-income fams. Local food bank organizers warn: taking away aid would result in more hungry infants & children at a time when food banks are experiencing record demand.
#Immigrants #Hunger #USPol
https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2026/02/12/iowa-lawmakers-propose-banning-undocumented-women-kids-from-wic