Rural New Yorkers may have a more difficult time getting food stamps.
The practice of segmenting customers, creating opportunities for products and services, and then targeting their delivery could improve projects and policies targeted at smallholder farmers
By Martha Sherman, Advocacy Intern<br>It’s no surprise to hear that people perform better when they’re not hungry – if you’ve ever skipped lunch at work, you certainly understand. For many of us, it’s a quick fix — just grab a snack and go about our day. But for the 1 in 6 children that are food insecure in the United States, it’s much more difficult than that<br>Each year about 13 million children live in food-insecure households, meaning they do not have…
Concerns about promoting economic independence cannot be tied to one of the most foundational of life’s necessities: access to food.
Food insecurity is one of the biggest hurdles that our most vulnerable neighbors face daily — something that gets especially challenging around the holidays. With schools closed for winter break,
I never realized how BAD it is until NOW. So many RURAL and CITY... even some suburban areas where feeding CHILDREN has to take place in...
Your farm is an investment in and of itself. As a rural farmer, you must devote some time and attention toward protecting that investment and securing your financial future. The tools you have that…
With planning permission for a permanent rural worker’s dwelling hot off the press, we now have the green light to develop the farm long-term with security of tenure.
Learn If You or Someone You Know Might Be Eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
SNAP (food stamp) benefits fall short of what many participants need to buy food and prepare a healthy diet, our new paper and policy brief explain. Additional benefits would increase families’ food spending and improve food security.
U.S. agriculture produces food rich in calories, but deficient in nutrients — with damaging health results.
Working with a USDA Multi-State Lender on a REAP loan makes the financing process streamlined and offers quicker approval times and closer collaboration.
Tiktoker Nicholas Crown shows how rich people ostentatiously order food compare to how very rich people tell the waiter what they want.
As the economy improves, fewer people are applying for food assistance, but experts say the program must remain strong.
Transition comes with a lot of questions, here are 5 military benefits and how to calculate their cost in the civilian employment.
As the USDA launches a pilot to allow the use of SNAP benefits online, a professor of public health asks: Will it make people healthier?
Do you know where the food you last ate came from?