EBT is the system that allows for the transfer of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly referred to as food stamps. SNAP is a form of welfare that allotts a specific amount of money to qualified individuals that can be used to purchase food. In Oregon, SNAP can...
My view on food stamps (as well as other redistribution programs) is that Washington should have no role. So if Congresswoman Fudge wants her state to give goodies to able-bodied adults with no children, that would be a decision for Ohio’s politicians (or, even more relevantly, Oregon’...
Here is the ultimate justification for the Bloomberg soft-drink ban, not to mention his smoking ban, his transfat ban, and his unsuccessful efforts to enact a soda tax and prohibit buying high-calorie drinks with food stamps: The taxpayer is picking up the bill. Call it the growing chatte...
Food insecurity (FI) is a pressing concern among university students in the United States, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this issue. Providing food assistance for university students has become more challenging due to pandemic-related consequences and interventions. This study aims to (...
“We really believe in the power of students helping students,” says Nicole Hindes, director of the Human Services Resource Center at Oregon State. “When a student is helping another student with a SNAP application, it sometimes feels like it’s your friend helping you. That makes it more...
Toqualify for food stamps, you need to either have no income or low wages that cannot sustain you. However, you can always get free food from places that offer assistance if you tell them your story. They might require you to provide an identification document to verify your story, but th...
So to see the recent strong emergence of the food justice movement, led by people of color, focusing on collaborative production and on innovative messaging on why choosing healthy food is activism at its purest form has been inspiring and humbling at the same time for many white allies. Inspi...
This stuff comes in several varieties, and can be cooked and added to several dishes and it can be quite good. But that gelatin stuff (crud) can be a bit off putting for other people... actually it can be off putting to some of us too. Gross....
South Dakota checked in as the sixth cheapest place for fast food in the country with the most affordable average Domino's pizza ($12.99), the third most affordable McDonald's Big Mac ($3.99), the third most affordable Chick-fil-A sandwich ($3.05), and the 12th cheapest Taco Bell ...
Can’t get the thing to post my comments in other than the giant font of the headline. Since we aren’t having riots, my guess is that this is not happening to everyone on food stamps, and also, it must be geographically sporadic. I have been hearing of many servers going down and ...