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Lawmakers have until Friday to pass the first of their fiscal 2024 spending bills, including the measure needed to fund USDA, or they’ll have to pass another stopgap spending measure to avert a partial shutdown of the government.  The Biden administration also is scheduled to announce a critical update of the GREET model that’s used to measure the carbon intensity of biofuels.

With farmers continuing to struggle across the country to find workers, 30 House members from across the political spectrum are appealing to leaders of the House Agriculture Committee today to ensure the next farm bill includes new funding for research and development into mechanizing and automating the production of specialty crops.

WIC is facing a $1 billion budget shortfall, alarming advocates who say healthy food is only one piece of the vital assistance that the federal nutrition program provides.

More than 1,000 anti-hunger advocates are planning to lobby on Capitol Hill Tuesday to urge members of Congress to pass a clean debt ceiling bill without any increased work requirements on nutrition program beneficiaries and...

WASHINGTON - Top House Republicans are exploring significant changes to the nation's food stamps program, including benefit cuts and stricter work requirements, as some in the new majority scramble f...

9 Ways to Help People Facing Hunger in Your Community Self 1/27/2021 © Amrita Marino People are traditionally more generous with helping those in need—for example, by making food bank donations—during the holiday season than they are the rest of the year. The problem is, though, that the hunger crisis in this country isn’t seasonal—it’s year-round, Colleen Barton Sutton, communications director of the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), tells SELF. And in the middle of a pande...

Janet Sullivan. Janet Sullivan has become the new Chair of the Flagler County Democratic Executive Committee following the election and installation of officers for the upcoming four years. Following Presidential elections, the Democratic Executive Committee re-organizes with the goal of moving Flagler County forward together. Joining Sullivan in the Executive Committee leadership are Ralph Lightfoot, Vice-Chair; Ellen Teller, State Committeewoman; John Caruso, State Committeeman; Kathy Logan, ...