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The Food Stamp DietHuffington PostI am one of the more than 46 million Americans who have received food stamps during the past few years. Being a "half-full glass" type of person, I thought that I might use this experience to really challenge myself to change my relationship with food … …

Wall Street Journal (blog) Cory Booker's Food Stamp Challenge: More SNAP Recipients Share AdviceHuffington PostNewark Mayor Cory Booker (D) is midway through his weeklong food stamp challenge, and readers are still writing in to tell us about their own experiences with federal food assistance. Here's another selection of your letters, …

Some Montana food stamp cards don't show December benefitsThe MissoulianAdd to that the question of why. The mom was sure her paperwork was in order to receive benefits from the state program that since 2008 has been called SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – rather than food stamps to …

Wall Street Journal (blog) As Food Stamp Diet Continues, Temptation Abounds for BookerWall Street Journal (blog)On day three of living on the equivalent of food stamps, Newark Mayor Cory Booker hit some herculean hurdles: a meeting in a bakery and a swank gala at Cipriani. Booker, who is known for …

Politico Stabenow open to more Farm Bill food stamp reformsThe Hill (blog)Passage of a five-year farm bill in the lame-duck session appears to still be hung up on the issue of food-stamp benefit cuts. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said Thursday she remains opposed to the food-stamp cuts …

Food stamp apps on the rise in RIThe Brown Daily HeraldThe number of citizens seeking food aid in November was the highest recorded in state history, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's “2012 Status Report on Hunger in Rhode Island” released last month. The report showed approximately 24 …

Feds look to hammer food-stamp fraudstersChicago Sun-Times“This case demonstrates that causing even one store to rethink committing fraud could result in more than $844,000 worth of food stamps and WIC benefits being spent on their intended purpose as opposed to being lost to fraud,” Assistant U.S. Attorney …and more » More: …

Legacy of Lady Bird Johnson in flowers and stampsPittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)Lady Bird Johnson was the wife of President Lyndon Johnson and way ahead of her time when it came to the environment. In 1967 she said this, "The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual …

Food stamp benefit cards for Missoula mother, others stop workingThe MissoulianAdd to that the question of why. The mom was sure her paperwork was in order to receive benefits from the state program that since 2008 has been called SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – rather than food stamps …

Examiner.com CalFresh Food Challenge: Volunteer to eat on a food-stamp budget for a few daysExaminer.comThe CalFresh Program, formerly known as Food Stamps and federally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), adds to the food budget to put healthy and nutritious food on the table, that is if you …