A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified that some of the agency's food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified Thursday that some of the agency’s food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families.
Dean highlighted benefits to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — formerly known as food stamps — as an example. SNAP is intended to help needy families gain access to healthy foods. Stabenow also said the last farm bill — which was passed in 2018 and is taken up in Congress every five years — “directed a long overdue reevaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan.” She said “the assumptions on which SNAP is made” hadn’t been updated since 1975.
“The pandemic and inflation drove some of these cost increases, but let there be no doubt that the largest driver was a decision by the leadership of the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area to abandon 40 years of precedent and increase SNAP benefits by 21% to record-high levels, levels that are unsustainable,” he said.
Dean testified that SNAP “is one of the most effective tools” for helping households reach nutrition security while also reducing poverty, boosting the local economy and promoting food security. Dean said the 2018 farm bill required the USDA to reevaluate “and essentially update” its cost estimate for a budget-conscious healthy diet. The evaluation looked at four areas, she said: current prices, new dietary guidelines, nutrients in food and what types of foods Americans buy.
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