The farm bill, which includes the Food Stamp Program, is up for reauthorization. This past summer, some members of Congress and others took the Food Stamp Challenge, spending only $21 on food for ...

At least, that was the logic Monday. By making error-prone states pay more, Republicans said they wanted to nudge states to ...

Oregon food critic Ken Hoyt delivers an update on his state's Food Stamp Challenge. Participants in the challenge limit their individual food spending to just $3 a day to get a greater ...

A Food Stamp Challenge That We All Can Help With. August 2, 2008. Marylanders are struggling to feed themselves.

Gwyneth Paltrow has apparently failed at the food stamp challenge. She quit after four days, she reports on her website, GOOP. But then, most everyone who takes the challenge does it wrong. The ...

I considered accepting the 2007 Food Stamp Challenge. I’ve had plenty of experience being broke, including four years in college when I lived on oatmeal, canned tuna and potatoes – lots of ...

We are participating in the food challenge to remind ourselves of this fact — that behind each $1.40 meal there is a human face, a human body yearning for sustenance.

Where to shop, that was the big question. A week of eating only what I can buy for $29 — the average amount allotted to a single person living on food stamps in America — means one port… ...

The challenge, which began last week, is a nationwide experiment in which participants live off of $35 worth of food for an entire week, the average amount of food per week a food stamp recipient ...

I originally went on food stamps because I was one of those people who existed in an odd liminal zone of poverty. While I had a small income from my graduate school assistantship, it wasn’t ...

Food Stamp challenge: One week, four people and a tight budget By JILL SILVA. Updated May 16, 2014 5:03 PM. This story originally appeared in the May 28, 2007 edition of The Kansas City Star.

A Food Stamp Challenge grocery shopping trip Sunday brought together Boe, who lives on about $1,000 a month in disability payments and other income supports, and Saidi, ...