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USDA Considers Changes to SNAP Food Program

By Harvest Public Media
Published December 7, 2017 at 2:30 PM CST
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says he wants to give states more flexibility to experiment with things like job training, fraud monitoring and drug testing of recipients.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says he wants to give states more flexibility to experiment with things like job training, fraud monitoring and drug testing of recipients.

States soon may have more authority in deciding how they distribute federal food benefits to millions of low-income people. As Harvest Public Media’s Grant Gerlock reports, that’s because the U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to focus more on beneficiaries receiving job training.

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Harvest Public Media is a reporting collaboration focused on issues of food, fuel and field. Based at KCUR in Kansas City, Harvest covers these agriculture-related topics through an expanding network of reporters and partner stations throughout the Midwest. Global demand for food and fuel is rising, and the push and pull for resources has serious ramifications for our country’s economic prosperity. What’s more, we all eat, so we all have a stake in how our food is produced In the Midwest, in particular, today’s emerging agenda for agriculture is headlined by climate change, food safety, biofuel production, animal welfare, water quality, and sustainability. By examining these local, regional and national issues and their implications with in-depth and unbiased reporting, Harvest is filling a critical information void. Most Harvest Public Media stories begin with radio — regular reports are aired on our member stations in the Midwest. But Harvest also explores issues through online analyses, television documentaries and features, podcasts, photography, video, blogs and social networking. We are committed to the highest journalistic standards. Click here to read our ethics policy.
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