CT was awarded $53 million of a federal block grant to help small and midsized farmers recoup weather-related losses from 2023 and 2024.
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CT farmers face federal funding uncertainty just in time for spring start-up
The uncertainty over federal farm funding, as well as layoffs at the USDA, come as farmers are in their heaviest spending time of the year.
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Connecticut food stamp recipients soon able to buy food online
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who pushed for the measure, said online purchasing helps prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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As hunger grows in Connecticut, there’s a push in Washington to expand food stamps
There’s no guarantee, however, that food stamps will be available to all those in Connecticut who need the help.
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Coronavirus is breaking the food supply chain
While officials insist the food supply chain is strong, consumers and those trying to feed the poor say otherwise.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Connecticut farms are essential services, but are mostly on their own
Connecticut farms that provide food are essential services, but staying open will still take ingenuity.
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CT lawmakers slam Trump administration’s food stamp cuts
The lawmakers said the proposed food stamp rule would “dramatically undermine Connecticut’s ability to assist families in need and will disproportionally impact our state’s most vulnerable populations.”
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Trump proposal would cut food stamps for at least 11K Connecticut residents
If the new Trump rule is implemented, thousands of Connecticut schoolchildren would lose free lunches, too.
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Trump seeks to cut food stamps, CT Dems push back
The attempt by the Trump administration could push tens of thousands of low-income Connecticut residents off the program.
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Hayes joins hunt for McConnell in attempt to end shutdown
WASHINGTON – Followed by a phalanx of journalists, Rep. Jahana Hayes joined a group of House Democratic freshmen Wednesday who went on the hunt for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pressure him to hold votes on Democratic bills that would end the shutdown. They did not find McConnell, but even if they had, there’s little evidence they would succeeded in ending a 26-day stalemate.
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USDA finds fix to temporarily extend food stamp, WIC programs despite shutdown
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has moved to prevent a cutoff or curtailment of food stamps and other nutrition programs endangered by the shutdown — programs that help feed hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents.
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End to federal shutdown elusive, impact will grow in CT
Terence Ward has worked for the U.S. Justice Department for 28 years and plans to continue to do so, but after next Friday, he and all 22 employees of the federal public defender’s office in the state will work without pay if the government shutdown continues. Ward is one of about 1,500 federal employees in the state affected by the shutdown, which isn’t likely to end soon and whose impact in Connecticut will grow with time.
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USDA moves to require states like CT to expand food stamp work requirements
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Thursday moved to tighten work requirements for food stamps, a change in policy that could affect up to 39,000 in Connecticut who receive this food assistance.
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USDA may impose work requirements on CT food stamp recipients
WASHINGTON — Single, unemployed adults without children who receive food stamps in Connecticut may soon see those benefits end under new regulations being considered by the Trump administration.
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Senate moves to quash CT’s GMO food labeling law
WASHINGTON — In a key procedural vote, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to pre-empt Connectcut’s genetically modified food labeling law, replacing it with a national food safety standard advocates say would be much weaker and not apply to many foods.