Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have proposed a new rule would cut off nutrition assistance to as many as 30,000 Marylanders who struggle to find steady work.
Thousands of Marylanders would have a harder time affording sufficient, healthy food under provisions in the proposed federal Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (also known as the “farm bill”).
Position Statement Supporting Senate Bill 278 Given before the Senate Finance Committee The Maryland Market Money program matches purchases made with federal food assistance benefits at participating farmers markets throughout the state. The program gives low-income Marylanders better access to
In the wealthiest state in the wealthiest country in the world, no one should go hungry. Yet, too many Maryland families still struggle to afford enough to eat. Federal- and state-funded food assistance could be at risk in the coming
While it’s widely known that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps thousands of Maryland families put food on the table, it also does much more to help keep children healthy and set them up for long-term success. Research increasingly
Despite rising incomes in our state, one in eight Maryland families still struggle to put enough food on the table each day. It is clear that not all Marylanders have benefitted from the economic recovery that those at the top
