Kraft CEO Comes Out Against Cuts To US Food Stamp Program
America's biggest food makers and retailers have joined in the fight against pending cuts to federal food assistance programs largely because they rely heavily on sales purchased with food stamps. Kraft Foods has historically maintained a large ...www.huffingtonpost.com
2 Disaster food stamp locations stop letting people in line
Officials have stopped letting people get in line at the Alario Center and UNO for disaster food stamps. A spokesman says there were just too many people in line.www.wwl.com
Food stamp usage soars in Tampa Bay area
While politicians talk of an economic recovery, the use of Food Stamps in the Tampa Bay area has reached a new high, with about a half million people taking advantage of federal food compensations as of July, according to a TBO.www.examiner.com
Food stamps dividing support for farm bill
The House and Senate are at odds over cuts to food stamps, which dominate spending in the farm bill. In the past, the food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), broadened the base of support for the farm bill and ...www.kvnonews.com
We Pay so that Food-Stamp Users Can Dine in Style
I then began to notice the spending habits of those who bought groceries with food stamps. You see, I knew most of my friends' wives who shopped at the grocery store.www.dallasblog.com
King & Vilsack quarrel over food stamps
During their second face-to-face debate, Republican Congressman Steve King and his Democratic challenger, Christie Vilsack, disagreed over the size and scope of the federal food stamp program. King argued the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...www.1380kcim.com
Disaster food stamp application sites to close this week
The following disaster food-stamp application sites in the New Orleans area will be open Monday. Serving individuals with last names beginning with A through C: St. Charles Parish: Mount Airy Baptist Church.www.nola.com
Food Stamps: Fat Times For Food Companies, Recipients in $72B Program
Who's getting fat off food stamps? A record number of Americans—46.7 million, or nearly 1 in 7--now uses the food stamp program, according to the Department of Agriculture. The annual cost of SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as the ...abcnews.go.com
Terrebonne opens food stamp site
Lafourche residents can receive food stamps through Tuesday at the Cut Off Library, 16241 E. Main St., and Thibodaux's Peltier Park.www.dailycomet.com
Disaster food stamp application process makes change
Starting today, disaster food stamp application centers are taking applications from everyone, not just people with last names that begin in a certain range of the alphabet.www.wwl.com
Food stamps: Helping hand or handout?
In America, "food insecurity" is the name of a tracking index kept by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 2011, 14.9 percent of U.S.www.sentinelandenterprise.com
Lawmakers return to Washington with key objective: kick the can down the road
The food and farm legislation has bedeviled House leaders because many GOP conservatives want deeper cuts to food stamps than Democrats, whose votes are needed to pass the measure, are willing to go for.articles.orlandosentinel.com
Food stamp growth started before Obama took office
The continuation of Newt Gingrich's moniker for President Obama as the "food stamp president" among Republicans this election season is the product of selective memory and political expediency, writes Cato Institute's Tad DeHaven.www.washingtonpost.com
Registration schedule for disaster food stamps
If you need to apply for disaster food stamps and live in one of the 13 parishes approved for the program, here's an updated look at the registration schedule.www.wafb.com
Kraft warns on US food stamp cut plans
Tony Vernon, incoming chief executive of Kraft, the US food company, said that the high US poverty level is the biggest challenge he faces and that he opposes cutbacks to food stamp funding, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme.www.ft.com
Disaster food stamp sites now open in St. Charles, Tangipahoa
Disaster food stamp sites now open in St. Charles, Tangipahoa. Print. print. Email. Email this article. |. Tweet. MORE. MORE!www.wwltv.com
Disaster food stamps approved in 11 parishes
If you need to apply for disaster food stamps and live in one of the 13 parishes approved for the program, here's an updated look at the registration schedule.www.wafb.com
Welfare numbers on the rise: Most using food stamps employed
The Quichochos are among more than 11,000 Guam families who do have incomes, but are not making enough money to put food on the table without the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called "food stamps." Programs to help ...www.guampdn.com
Romney raps Obama over growing debt, food stamp record
Republican says Obama added millions to food stamp rolls. * Romney cites U.S. Agriculture Department report. WEST LEBANON, N.H.in.reuters.com
Food stamps feed low income, support economy
GALLIPOLIS - Food stamps in Gallia County is a slow-growing business, but a substantial business nonetheless. According to statistics provided by Gallia County Job and Family Services (DJFS), currently more than 3,400 Gallia County households - and ...www.mydailysentinel.com
Monday, September 10, 2012
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