Food Assistance

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was in Rensselaer Monday, calling on New Yorkers and all Americans to protect the federal food program SNAP.

As a federal shutdown looms, a group of Democratic and independent Senators are seeking to maintain funding for a federal program that provides food…

Both chambers of Congress have passed versions of the 2018 Farm Bill and are now moving the bills to conference committee. As farmers and advocates in the…