by Jane Richey | Aug 16, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Four days a week this summer, lime green school buses loaded with games, books and computers rumbled through low-income neighborhoods south of Seattle. Their aim wasn’t just to entertain kids — but to feed them. “It’s fun here,” said...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture made farm subsidy payments to 28,613 dead farmers between 2011 and 2012, of which 1,799 were deemed “improper,” according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report issued in June. The report, entitled “USDA Needs...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
With a record 101 million Americans receiving food aid from the federal government, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants more kids to be on the dole for food during the summer months. “As part of its ongoing commitment to improving access to healthy food...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $149,074 grant to study food shopping patterns that may form the basis of future shopping “interventions.” The USDA award went to the University of Kentucky in April for the study titled, “Adolescent and...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2013 | Politics
Last week the United States Department of Agriculture quietly released new statistics related to the food stamps program, officially known as SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The numbers reveal, in 2012, the food stamps program was the biggest...