Food benefits rose before the pandemic, but inflation has driven up food prices, too. Discussion around food includes whether SNAP should include nutrition requirements.
A group of demonstrators showed up carrying baskets of bread and cookies for lawmakers, trying to persuade them to eliminate the state portion of the sales tax on food.
The new Utah Food Security Council is based at USU. On this week's USU Extension Educational Highlight, Heidi LeBlanc expands on the goals the council hopes to achieve.
A new food security council, based at Utah State University, will be coordinating efforts to relieve Utah’s hunger problem, according to a press release from USU Extension.