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policy1 month ago•4 min saved

Rollins Champions Real-Food, Affordable Diet Under 2025-2030 Guidelines

USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins highlights in a Hill op-ed the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030, emphasizing eat-real-food, affordable, and flexible dieting, with steps to broaden access via SNAP stocking standards, updates to federal feeding programs, and the RealFood.gov initiative; the guidelines aim to make healthy options available to all households, noting meals can cost as little as about $3 each and outlining support for rural communities and farm families.

via USDA (.gov)|

#dietary-guidelines-2025-2030 #nutrition-programs #policy

politics4 months ago•1 min saved

White House secures funding to prevent food aid cuts amid shutdown

The White House has secured temporary funding for the WIC program, which provides food and support to low-income women and children, by reallocating tariff revenue, amid concerns over a government shutdown threatening its funding.

via Axios|

#food-aid #government-shutdown #nutrition-programs

politics2 years ago•5 min saved

New budget deal includes enhanced work requirements for food aid, Democrats play catch-up.

Democrats are trying to catch up with Republicans in the battle over food and nutrition programs, which face new restrictions in the debt deal. House Democrats have launched a task force on agriculture and nutrition to push back against Republicans who have spent months arguing that nutrition programs need stronger work requirements. However, the task force has yet to lay out how it will make up the ground they’ve lost to Republicans. Democrats are looking for another avenue, beyond the House Agriculture Committee, to push back.

via POLITICO|

#democrats #farm-bill #nutrition-programs