In addition to cutting SNAP, last year’s terrible mega bill undermined the Farm Bill. One thing that I haven’t seen widely reported is that SNAP widely supports agriculture, because SNAP pays for about 12% of groceries, which in turn supports agriculture through increased demand.
Related to the issue with the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans about how much time it takes to make food from scratch; a target of last July’s OBBBA legislation was SNAP Education, which is a government program that has provided nutrition education for low income households for 30 years.
Addition to my academic honesty/AI policy this semester: You may not put any of my slides or handouts into any AI program including but not limited to ChatGPT. The slides and handouts for this class are my intellectual work. I do not consent to having my labor used to train AI. That is labor theft.
The damage to so much of the U.S. food system is going to be profound and hunger is going to rise.
Last year’s bill is also why the USDA announced last year that it will no longer report food security.
The OBBBA legislation cut SNAP benefits, and much of those cuts aren’t implemented yet. The USDA recently announced that it will no longer publish food security data. The bill is pro-hunger, and USDA is working to make it difficult to measure its impact on hunger.
Jerusha Nelson-Peterman
Another quote from the AMA President that is disturbing is this:
“I’m totally fine with disagreeing politely in a way that would lead to conversation as opposed to criticism”.
Why? Why can you not bring yourself to forcefully and unequivocally reject RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine campaign?
Major medical societies are trying to figure out how to respond to Trump’s health agenda promoting healthy living alongside vaccine misinformation.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
"Cuts and changes in the nation’s biggest nutrition program, which could impose major new financial burdens on states, have been made by Republicans completely outside the usual farm bill process." From Allison Winter
Cool. When are you going to force the legislature to comply with the audit law that voters approved?
These new federal regulations--taking effect in just three months--that require digital materials to be accessible still aren't getting the attention they deserve in higher ed. In a decentralized system with limited faculty support, compliance will be a major challenge.
New Hampshire Bulletin
Andrew Quemere
Robert Kelchen
Looming federal regulations update the ADA to make web content and mobile apps more accessible to people, including college students, with disabilities. But universities are scrambling to comply by th...
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Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.
I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?
