According to the Greater Food Bank of Boston, in 2024, more than one in three Massachusetts households reported food ...

A report highlights the rising rates of food insecurity in Massachusetts, and with federal dollars on the chopping block, ...

Now without that federal money at the start of the summer harvest season, farmers and food organizations are worried about ...

Among the key pieces in the fiscal package passed last week by House Republicans: cuts to the federal program that helps low-income people pay for groceries, formerly known as food stamps.

“The purpose of this bill is to give tax cuts to the richest people in the country,” said Viviana Abreu-Hernandez, president of the Massachusetts ... SNAP program, known colloquially as food ...

The legislation exceeds 1,000 pages and contains some of the most significant changes to SNAP eligibility ... much more food because prices are coming way down, groceries are down." Massachusetts ...

we are alarmed by the potential impact of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on our community. SNAP is the nation’s first line of defense against hunger, helping more than 1.1 ...

Proposed cuts to the food stamps program could overwhelm county food pantries and meal sites already stretched thin by rising demand, their leaders are warning. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

There is a move afoot to shake things up within the federal food ... soda from SNAP would prevent obesity in 141,000 kids and Type 2 diabetes in 240,000 adults." Though federally funded, the ...

"That’s why today I am asking the Auditor to immediately review this program ... It is difficult to apply for food stamps in Massachusetts According to the Department's August 2024 scorecard ...