Great Reads for Good Food

A recent survey by Intuit Credit Karma reveals a concerning trend: 27% of Americans are skipping meals to cope with skyrocketing food costs, a situation exacerbated by a 25% increase in grocery prices...

For Americans who are on food stamps, there's a good-news,bad-news situation that you should know about. The good news first: October SNAP benefits are going to increase again, and so you can expect another $100 or so ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have infiltrated our food system largely without our knowledge or consent. These toxic “forever chemicals” persist in the environment and accumulate in...

Some US states are planning to change what can be bought with SNAP benefits, which help people pay for food. These changes are being pushed by lawmakers in ten states who want to stop the purchase of "junk" foo...

Several states in the U.S. are starting to block people from using SNAP benefits (which help low-income Americans buy food) to purchase junk food like soda and candy. In 2024, about 41 million Americans used SN...

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has uncovered a troubling gap: out of the 3.3 million college students who qualified for federal food assistance in 2020, two-thirds did not cl...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known by its acronym "SNAP", is the government program that came along to replace food stamps some years ago. The idea behind this was two-fold. First, many of the tens ...

Starting in 2026, twelve states—including Texas and Florida—will make changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps millions of Americans buy food. These states plan ...

Illinois has faced an alarming increase in incidents involving the theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, with losses totaling more than $4.5 million from Oct...