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River Edge eighth-graders get taste of living on food stampsNorthJersey.comPages: 1 2 > display on one page | Print | E-mail. Claire O'Connor wanted her eighth-grade students at River Dell Middle School in River Edge to put themselves in the shoes of the millions of needy Americans who purchase groceries …

Save your used postage stampsBelfast TelegraphComments. Email; Print; Font Size. 14 May 2013. SAVE stamps for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Send to: 14 Kingsnorth Road, Gillingham, Kent, MT8 6QY. Also in this Section. Long overdue apology for brave soldiers · Doing the same thing again never works … More: …

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is right in trying to persuade her colleagues not to cut food benefits to families who are living in poverty. More: continued here

No Time to Cut Food StampsNew York TimesYet food stamps are already scheduled to take a hit when increases approved in the 2009 economic recovery act expire in November. The $4.1 billion reduction would result in an average cut of $90 per month for nearly 500,000 households nationwide, … More: …

Food stamp use was down in February, according to the latest food stamps data released by the Department of Agriculture. A notable 213,962 individual recipients were removed from the food stamps program. More: continued here

Madison County Courier Deeper Cuts Seen as Congress Returns to Farms, Food StampsBloombergLawmakers who last year failed to complete a rewrite of U.S. agricultural policy will restart their effort this week with pressure building for even bigger cuts for farmers and food-stamp recipients. Federal budget-cutting and criticism that aid has …

Lawmakers who last year failed to complete a rewrite of U.S. agricultural policy will restart their effort this week with pressure building for even bigger cuts for farmers and food-stamp recipients. More: continued here

Should Food Stamps Pay To Indulge A Sweet Tooth?NPRMillions of Americans rely on food stamps to keep from going hungry. They can also use them to buy sugary drinks. Some groups, including the National Center for Public Policy Research, say that's not right. Host Michel Martin discusses this with the …

WXYZ Should pets receive Food Stamps? – WXYZ.comWXYZ(WXYZ) – If you are out of work, down on your luck, or disabled, the government's Food Stamps program can be a lifesaver. But what about the dogs and cats that live with many of these people? It's been an ongoing debate for …

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