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Thrifty Food Plan Re-evaluation Puts Nutrition in Reach for SNAP Participants

August 30, 2021 Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

More than 42 million of our neighbors rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed their families. USDA recently re-evaluated the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), used to set SNAP benefits, which increased the purchasing power of the plan by 21% for the first time since it was...

Coronavirus Equity Food and Nutrition

You Spoke, We Listened: The Challenges of Purchasing Healthy Food with SNAP Benefits

August 09, 2021 Rich Lucas, Deputy Administrator for Office of Policy Support, Food and Nutrition Service

As directed by Congress in 2018, USDA is re-evaluating the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP)—the estimated cost of an affordable, nutritious diet. The TFP is used to calculate SNAP benefit levels. To complement the re-evaluation efforts and gather insights from those who will be impacted by the result, USDA...

Equity Food and Nutrition

USDA Reboots Risk Management Education for Underserved Producers

August 02, 2021 Richard Flournoy, Acting Administrator, Risk Management Agency

USDA is committed to improving equity and access to its programs, including Federal crop insurance. This year, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), which oversees the national Federal crop insurance program, will invest nearly $1 million in risk management education projects with trusted partners.

Equity Farming Initiatives