https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/
"On a sweltering morning in Vidalia, Louisiana, Shannan Cornwell and Freddie
Green got in a long line to wait for food.
The couple has struggled to pay for groceries amid soaring prices and health
setbacks, they said. She had back surgery. He had undergone cancer treatment.
They turned to a local food bank to supplement their diets. Although they’re
grateful for the food, lately they’ve noticed changes in what they receive. For
months in the spring and summer their pickups did not include any meat,
Cornwell said.
“You have to learn how to adapt to what you have,” Green said. “Which is hard,”
Cornwell added.
In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million in deliveries
from a program that sends U.S.-produced meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food
banks and other organizations across the country — about a quarter of the
funding the program received in 2024. The items that were delivered through The
Emergency Food Assistance Program were some of the healthiest, most expensive
items that organizations distribute.
The cancellation of these deliveries comes at a critical time for food banks.
Food insecurity is higher than at any time since the aftermath of the Great
Recession, according to federal data, and many food banks are reporting higher
need than they saw at the peak of the pandemic. Demand is only expected to
increase; this summer, President Donald Trump signed into law the largest cut
to food stamps in the program’s history.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture of each
planned delivery in 2025, detailing the millions of pounds of food, down to the
number of eggs, that never reached hungry people because of the
administration’s cut."
Via Steven Vaughan-Nichols, who wrote "Where your tax dollars aren’t going."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
