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’...
The take-up rates of SNAP among eligible individuals varies substantially by state, ranging from 55% in Wyoming to an estimated 100% in a number of states, such as Oregon, Washington, and Illinois.62,64 In general, one reason for lower uptake is high administrative burden in completing ...
Best States Arizona Communities Bank on Trump's Push for Coal to Ensure They're Not Forgotten President Donald Trump wants to tap into “beautiful, clean coal" to help meet the electricity demands of what he bills as a new dawn of manufacturing and technological advancement in the United ...
Farmers'' markets around the country have invested in technology and programs to accept electronic food stamps (EBT). Many of those markets are struggling to build a base of food stamp clients. We used Portland, Oregon as a case study to examine food stamp clients'' perceptions of farmers''...
From the provision of food stamps to food subsidies and food price stabilisation, many FAP options have been explored in the literature and are used in several countries (Barrett, 2002, von Braun et al., 1992, Yu et al., 2015). While various viewpoints exist on the efficiency of the ...
Food stamps should be restricted to the purchase of foods deemed healthy by a panel of nutritionists, dieticians and physician experts. Fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, low fat meats and dairy products, nuts, legumes and so on could become the core diet of America's poor. With...
Animals face multiple risks while foraging such as the risk of acquiring inadequate energy from food and the risk of predation. We evaluated how two sympatric rabbits (pygmy rabbits,Brachylagus idahoensis, and mountain cottontail rabbits,Sylvilagus nuttallii) that differ in size, use of burrows, ...
Oregon lawmakers in 2021 required every public college and university to hire a benefits navigator to help needy students connect to college, community and government benefits that could help them stay in school, including things like rental assistance and ...
ANCHOR: Breaking news in eastern Oregon, where crews are battling a major fire at a potato chip processing plant. Air 12 flew over the scene at Shearer’s foods on highway 207 in Hermiston. SOURCE: At least two people injured in explosion at Hermiston food plant ...
Food stamps should be restricted to the purchase of foods deemed healthy by a panel of nutritionists, dieticians and physician experts. Fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, low fat meats and dairy products, nuts, legumes and so on could become the core diet of America's poor. With...