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In times of a disaster, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will approve state to operate D-SNAP, which stands for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. DSNAP provides food assistance to low-income households with food loss or damage caused by a…
After a few weeks of negotiations between the House and the Senate on the Farm Bill, the 2014 Farm Bill expired on September 30, 2018, and a new version has not been passed by Congress. Despite the stall, SNAP and…
The views expressed below originally appeared in The Hill on 9/7/2018. Soline Dulcio struggled. She faced depression and unemployment before finally connecting with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s Culinary and Distribution Center Training Program. Last fall, she graduated…
The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, is a federal program that supplements the diets of low-income Americans, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases nutritious foods…
Join anti-hunger advocates from across the country on September 13th from 9 AM – 6 PM and tell Congress to protect SNAP and strengthen TEFAP during Farm Bill negotiations. The House and the Senate passed two different versions of the Farm Bill. The…
Tuesday’s Primary election brought the state of Florida closer to selecting our state’s Agriculture Commissioner. The two contestants, Matt Caldwell (R) and Nikki Fried (D) visited our food bank earlier this year to learn how we’re not just feeding the…
