Items Tagged with 'Summer EBT'

USDA is launching the largest new nutrition assistance program in decades this year, an effort to ensure low-income children have enough to eat when they’re not in school during the summer, but 15 states have opted out of the program.

Many students were able to continue receiving school meals in recent summers as a result of loosened government rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of free lunches served has dropped since peaking in 2020.

In this opinion piece, Stephanie K. Goodwin, Ph. D., with Danone North America and Anne MacMillan with Invariant discuss the importance of strategic dialogue across a diverse set of stakeholders to effectively address systemic problems and inequities in the food system.

The Democratic-controlled House passes President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion Build Back Better bill that includes $82 billion in agriculture provisions aimed at accelerating an historic shift toward climate-related farming practices.