Chronic_Intermission@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIt ain't much, but it's honest worklemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squaremutual_ayed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 days agoIndependent farmers and small farm collectives grow food for SNAP. That’s why food stamps cannot be used on prepared food. It’s a farm subsidy to feed the poor. So this check is to subsidize farmers while fucking over food insecure communities. https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/snap-farm-bill/
Independent farmers and small farm collectives grow food for SNAP. That’s why food stamps cannot be used on prepared food. It’s a farm subsidy to feed the poor. So this check is to subsidize farmers while fucking over food insecure communities.
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers
https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/snap-farm-bill/