Great Reads for Good Food

Living on a fixed income can present challenges when it comes to affording nutritious food. For individuals receiving the minimum monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), most commonly known as food stamps, plays an essential role in providing nutritional support to millions of individuals and families in need.  Admin...

A startling disparity is emerging across the United States as a new program expands food stamp benefits for low-income families with children during the summer. While more than half of the states are part...

Many Americans rely on benefits like Social Security and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to help with their expenses.  Social Security is a program that gives mo...

College can be an exciting and transformative period in a student's life, but financial challenges can also arise. Seeking assistance through government programs like SNAP benefits and food stamps can provide c...

The Food Stamp Program is a program that provides assistance to low-income families. The program was established by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 as part of his "War on Poverty." The USDA estimates that more tha...

Food is one of the biggest items in any working weekly budget. Many people will spend upwards of several hundred dollars each week just feeding themselves and their families. Because food costs can be so high, people look for ways to decrease the amo...

In a recent discussion in The New York Times' The Ethicist column, an intriguing moral query was posed regarding an amateur painter's reliance on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), co...

People who get SNAP benefits, which is a program to help individuals and families afford food, will see their benefits added to their EBT cards every month.  However, when you get your benefits depends on wh...