EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food

Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food ...
Pew Research Center

What the data says about food stamps in the U.S.

On average, 42.4 million people in 22.7 million households received monthly SNAP benefits through the first eight months of the 2025 fiscal year.
WFIN

Ohio Soybean Association comments on ultra-processed food definition

Recently, USDA and FDA requested data and information to help develop a uniform definition of ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, for human food products in the U.S. food supply. One of the organizations ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Our communal definition of Jewish security is too limited. We need a wider one.

When 29% of Jews say they are struggling financial, the issue isn’t just physical safety, writes a nonprofit leader. On Saturday mornings, I walk through metal detectors on my way into synagogue. I’m ...
The New York Times

California Will Ban Certain Ultraprocessed Foods in Schools

A new state law creates the first legal definition of the foods, and may prompt changes in other states. By Alice Callahan Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Wednesday signed into law a set of rules ...
Food Bank News

What Will Replace the USDA Food Security Report?

Hunger relief advocates are starting to move beyond their dismay that the USDA will no longer be publishing its annual survey tracking food insecurity, and are starting to consider the various tools ...
The Conversation

Australia’s new food security strategy: what’s on the table, and what’s missing?

Rachael Walshe works as a Senior Researcher at Sustain: The Australian Food Network. Kelly Donati is a co-founder and volunteer board director of Sustain: The Australian Food Network. She also ...
Fox News

Social Security, airports, food stamps: How are you affected during a government shutdown?

The federal government formally entered a shutdown at midnight Wednesday after Senate Democrats bucked a GOP-led short-term federal funding bill just hours before. While President Donald Trump and his ...
Wyoming News

Here's what school districts are lacking in terms of safety, security features

CASPER — When the Wyoming School Facilities Commission sent its budget request to the Legislature’s Select Committee on School Facilities, commissioners were asked to justify their $10 million request ...
Meat

USDA food security reports terminated

WASHINGTON —The US Department of Agriculture is terminating household food security reports, claiming the “redundant, costly, politicized and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear-monger.” The ...
Iowa Capital Dispatch

USDA cancels food security report that anti-hunger advocates say showed the effects of food policies

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled a report that hunger-fighting organizations say was “essential” data to see the results of federal and local policies aimed at ending hunger. USDA, in a ...
Quality Assurance

USDA Terminates Annual Household Food Security Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the termination of Household Food Security Reports — annual studies from the USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) that assess ...