Americans Eat More Vegetables Than 5 Years Ago, Study Finds
More than 90 percent of Americans think equal access to fresh produce is very or somewhat important, according to a new survey by the W.K. Kellogg Fou...
More than 90 percent of Americans think equal access to fresh produce is very or somewhat important, according to a new survey by the W.K. Kellogg Fou...
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.18.2012
We don't usually equate "summer vacation" and empty stomachs. Did you know child hunger and food insecurity often peak in the summer? An overwhelming majority of children who receive free meals at school aren't as lucky once school lets out.
Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.18.2012
If a society is judged by the way it treats the most vulnerable among them, we may be headed for a failing grade. Just consider these disturbing statistics when it comes to senior hunger.
David Beckmann | Posted 05.14.2012
It's time for members of Congress to say they're going to do their part and support legislation that creates a circle of protection around programs that are vital to hungry and poor people.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.11.2012
Programs like Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, food stamps, and transitional housing are lifelines that work when people fall on hard times. We need to preserve them. But that's not what the Ryan "reconciliation budget" just passed by the House of Representatives would do.
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.10.2012
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military's growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits fo...
Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 05.09.2012
Access to fresh groceries changed everything for Elijah and his mom. For many families in Los Angeles and other metro areas across the country, things are not as easy -- but they are getting better.
AP | ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 05.09.2012
RALEIGH, N.C. — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than a quarter...
Billy Shore | Posted 05.07.2012
"Most think people on food stamps are sponges, but my mother is everything but a sponge. We don't struggle because my mom doesn't work hard enough. We struggle because of the economy and simply because what cards we were dealt."
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.27.2012
WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican plan to reconcile the budget and preserve defense spending extracts even deeper cuts from programs to help the poo...
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.20.2012
The impact of more cuts on children and families who now receive a nutritionally adequate diet from SNAP would be devastating. Where is the justice in a vote to protect wealthy farmers over hungry children?
Posted 04.18.2012
By Emily Stephenson A U.S. congressional panel approved about $33 billion in cuts over 10 years from food assistance programs in a partisan vot...
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 03.10.2012
Food insecurity in America is a major public health concern that has increased significantly during the recent economic recession. The upcoming presidential election has put a spotlight on the increase in SNAP enrollment in recent years.
Tom Murphy | Posted 04.22.2012
Millions of Americans have been hit hard by the economic downturn and are working hard to escape the trap of poverty. Mischaracterizing social welfare programs makes it hard to adequately understand and address these problems.
Tamar Haspel | Posted 04.16.2012
Can we rethink food stamps? Instead of nickel-and-diming the program with endless arguments about what should or shouldn't be paid for, and what is or isn't junk food, let's scrap it altogether and build it fresh.
Renee Parsons | Posted 04.16.2012
Since Ted Kennedy's passing, not one member of Congress out of 525 has stepped up to champion poor children -- not one bleeding heart liberal, not one self-proclaimed Christian has come forward to be the voice for homeless and hungry children.
Michele Simon | Posted 04.16.2012
This week Congress begins hearings on the 2012 farm bill, the massive piece of legislation that gets updated about every five years and undergirds America's entire food supply.
The Huffington Post | Allie Compton | Posted 01.31.2012
If Republican State Senator Ronda Storms gets her way, Florida residents may soon be prohibited from purchasing "nonstaple, unhealthy foods" like chip...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.28.2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Rhetoric about jobs is everywhere during this campaign season. To emphasize how much they want to create jobs and how valuable s...
Jake Blumgart | Posted 03.13.2012
Perhaps the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's congressional opponents wouldn't be such a danger if voters better understood the program. But there are many myths about the program that poison the public perception of it.
Karen K. Harris | Posted 02.12.2012
Needy families should not be penalized for their appropriate reliance in troubled times on welfare "safety net" programs. This is especially true when the "failure" wasn't with these families, but rather with financial institutions.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.12.2011
Until now, there has not been a single place where interested individuals across multiple sectors could convene to discuss ideas about how to improve nutrition among SNAP beneficiaries. Launched today, the SNAP to Health website will do just that.
Posted 12.09.2011
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- California and Colorado are among cash-strapped states leaving billions of dollars on the table in federal food aid that could f...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.07.2011
A cartoon consumer appears happy and healthy, eating a meal of fresh carrots, corn and chicken as the calendar cycles through the 1950s, '60s and '70s...
Pat LaMarche | Posted 02.02.2012
Newt doesn't care how horrific the real stories are that make up the lives of our nation's poor. He seeks to vilify the impoverished for his own gain.
The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 05.22.2012