The USDA’s Food Security Survey is irreplaceable

Losing USDA's HFSSM leaves policymakers, researchers, and advocates without access to the only comprehensive tool for assessing national food security trends.

The Farm Bill: An opportunity to strengthen nutrition equity

The Farm Bill offers an opportunity to reimagine how nutrition and food policies can deliver a stronger, healthier, more just food system for everyone.

Supported legislation to promote nutrition security through the farm bill

The government is funded and Congress gets back to work. What comes next?

After an unprecedented 43 days, the 2025 government shutdown is finally over. As of Wednesday, the House of Representatives has passed the compromise funding agreement developed between eight Democratic Senators and the Republican majority in Congress.

The nation’s largest food aid program is about to see cuts. Here’s what to know

Secretary Rollins refuses to end the SNAP funding crisis

Nutrition and food safety at risk amid government shutdown

The 2025 government shutdown has put SNAP and WIC funding, food safety, and healthcare at risk for millions of people.

Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food

The Trump administration announced on Sept. 20, 2025, that it plans to stop releasing food insecurity data. The federal government has tracked and analyzed this data for the past three decades, but it plans to stop after publishing statistics pertaining to 2024 data.

CSPI urges swift shutdown resolution to ensure critical food safety and nutrition programs are operational

Not reporting on hunger doesn’t make it go away: CSPI condemns reckless USDA move on food insecurity report