by Jane Richey | Apr 25, 2013 | Agenda 21
On Friday, representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, an industry advocacy group, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will seek to reduce the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25...
by Jane Richey | Apr 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics, Uncategorized
Food stamp fraud has more than doubled since Barack Obama took office in 2009. In 2011, according to the USDA, food stamp fraud was approximately $750 million. The type of fraud noted was derived from selling Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Every summer across the U.S., more than 3 million children eat for free at more than 30,000 sites, from schools to recreation centers to migrant worker camps. It’s a valuable resource for families who are struggling, and, critics say, a nice freebie for those...
by Jane Richey | Jun 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
As the House debates the once-every-five-years farm bill, the majority of which goes to food stamps, there is a renewed and fervent call from a broad spectrum of camps that the information — some of the most high-dollar, frequently requested and closely held secrets...
by Jane Richey | May 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Lobbyists are girding for a slew of battles on the farm bill, which will hit the Senate floor in early June. There are many hurdles to getting a farm bill to President Obama’s desk this election year. As a bipartisan group of senators work to pass the measure through...