In Defense Of Food Stamps: Why The White House Sings SNAP’s Praises
Today 46.5 million Americans get SNAP benefits — on average about $125 a month per person to buy food from authorized retailers. The CEA report finds SNAP is best at doing what it’s intended to do: keep people from going hungry. But it also reduces poverty overall. According to the authors, in 2014 the program kept close to 5 million people out of poverty, 2 million of them kids.
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For Young Farmers, Big Questions Surface at National Gathering
… there are few farms in the state that have apprenticeship programs, and yet, “there’s no interim step between intern and farm manager.”
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The Robin Hood of Leftovers
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine’s highest level of volunteer, Core Rescuer, has taken the Department of Health food safety course in their city and inspect the food at every new pickup to make sure that it fits health standards. They continue to inspect it for several more pickups to make sure that it’s up to code before turning the pickup coordination over to the Lead Rescuer.
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Hold on to your straw hats. Farming is about to go low-carbon
In rich countries we waste a lot in our homes, restaurants, and grocery stores: Food is so cheap that we throw away anything that looks less than perfect. But in poorer countries the bulk of the food losses happen in processing and distribution — crops rot while farmers wait for a truck …
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