Nutrition advocates and public health experts are mystified by the decision to eliminate SNAP-Ed, given the Trump administration's embrace of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.
Kate Feurtado, a medical assistant at Spectrum Health, browses for produce at a farmers market in Philadelphia on July 15. The Food Trust, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit, uses SNAP-Ed funding to support its farmers markets.
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though MAHA’s food agenda still features prominently, in practice achieving its goals is being made increasingly difficult by a…
To make America healthy, produce in a poor child's diet should be the last thing to cut
The move strips the government of its main gauge of hunger in America, and will impede efforts to track the impact of aid cuts.
Teachers College and FoodCorps Launch Nation's First Microcredential for K-5 Food Education as SNAP-Ed Funding Ends
The Trump administration urges children to eat healthy while it slashes funding for local food
With many federal staffers saying they are unwilling to move to keep their jobs, participants in federal nutrition programs are…
