Agriculture groups have been on Capitol Hill this week to broaden support for legislation that would shift control of the Food for Peace program to USDA. Representatives from the North American ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

The Trump administration has taken the first steps to bring the Food for Peace assistance program under the Agriculture Department’s purview, say four people familiar with the situation. An ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. WASHINGTON – A fight with the Trump administration over the future of the state’s food stamp program remains in court, ...

The Agriculture Department will use $4.65 billion in emergency funds to partially restart food aid programs halted by the government shutdown. Millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

A continued federal government shutdown threatens to halt SNAP and WIC food assistance benefits for millions of Americans starting November 1. The USDA has stated that reserve funds will not be used ...