There are plenty of books, software programs and Web sites that provide nutrition information about foods, including calories, carbohydrates, protein and calcium. But what many of these commercial ...

The Department of Agriculture's unprecedented demand that states and payment processors turn over sensitive data about people who receive federal food assistance is on hold — for now. A USDA official ...

When Julliana Samson signed up for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to help afford food as she studied at the University of California, Berkeley, she had to turn in extensive, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has taken a bold step by mandating states to share all records related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

A coalition of 21 states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the federal agency told states to turn over the detailed, personal information of ...

In a Fox News appearance in late 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins claimed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — colloquially referred to as food stamps — "increased almost ...

Trump administration officials say the new data sharing requirements are meant to help prevent waste, fraud and abuse. California and other states questioned the administration’s intentions and said ...